[ February 20, 2010 to February 28, 2010. ] The town of Albi (81 Tarn et Garonne, Midi Pyrenees) holds its annual Carnival celebration from 20 – 28 February 2010.
Albi is perhapes best known for its pink brick Cathedral, the Toulouse Lautrec museum and the birthplace of the Albigensian Crusades which led to the Cathar heresy and battles.
However for a week in February the
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[ February 12, 2010 to February 28, 2010. ] Nice (06 Alpes-Maritimes, Provence) celebrates its Carnaval from 12-28 February 2010 which has grown into one of the largest carnivals in the world and is the main winter event on the Riviera with its carnaval parades, flower parades and parade of lights!
The carnival processions, comprising 20 floats telling the story of the “Blue Planet” work
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[ January 23, 2010 to March 3, 2010. ] Dunkerque (62 Pas de Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais) manages to brighten up the miserable nothern French winter with its annual Carnival from 23 January to 6 March 2010
The most famous, the nosiest, the most mental, but also the oldest, is the Dunkerque Carnival. For weeks on end, groups called fisherbands take the measure of each other, confront
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