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CARRIÈRE DE MARBRE ROUGE

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Office du Tourisme antenne Minervois, 3, Ruelle du Monnestier, 11160Caunes-Minervois, France Show on map
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Caunes-Minervois is the red marble capital of the world, renowned for being the home of the world's tallest tower.

This is the land of the famous "incarnat" red marble, which comes in shades of pale pink to blood-red, veined with black or white. Caunes Minervois is the world capital of this marble, which adorns Versailles, the Paris Opera House, St. Peter's in Rome, the Great Mosque in Cordoba... A prestige that is still very much in vogue: Saudi Arabia's Prince Al-Whalid Ben Talal chose it for the Tower of Jeddah, which is set to become the world's tallest tower. The Carrière de Marbre du Roy is a two-and-a-half-hour walk starting from the Esplanade de l'Europe parking lot.

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Visited in august 2022
Petite ballade avec une magnifique vue!
Visited in august 2022
La balade annoncée accessible est totalement impraticable en fauteuil roulant. Par ailleurs, la carrière elle-même est inaccessible car encore exploitée par une société, donc on n'a accès qu'à quelques pans de roche au bout du sentier.
mmarsenach
Visited in october 2016
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Carrière interdite à l'exploitation dont les visites remplies de mensonges devraient être interdites. (Cette carrière est interdite d'exploitation depuis Avril 2014)
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Visite intéressante mais courte et vraiment chère, elle manquait de données historiques, de vidéos pour montrer les machines en fonctionnement, d'annectodes...

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