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France Heritage: The Bulls & Manadiers Of Camargue

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FRANCE 24 English (September 13, 2023) – We take you to discover a part of France that’s as fiercely proud of its heritage as it is of its character. The southern Camargue region and its wetlands are a paradise for flamingos, but the sacred animal here is the bull.

They live on these plains in semi-freedom and are reared by enthusiasts: the manadiers. These bulls are reared for one purpose: to become champions of the bullring in the Courses camarguaises. But the animals aren’t put to death and suffer no injuries. The raseteurs, wearing white, must collect the rosettes tied to the bull’s horns. We take a closer look.

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Heritage: WWII Concrete Bunkers, Western France

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FRANCE 24 English (April 3, 2023) – Eight decades after World War II, the Atlantic Wall is still breaking up. Along the coast of Brittany, in western France, lie more than 1,000 bunkers. Most of these vestiges of German occupation are abandoned, but some have been given a new lease of life.

The submarine base of Lorient has become an ideal location for manufacturing carbon masts for yachts. Further west, on the tip of Finistère, a bunker has been transformed into a museum on the war.

Finally, on the Crozon peninsula, a young entrepreneur has decided to transform a network of tunnels built by the Allies into a brewery.