Lens in the miners' footsteps to The Louvre
Lens is a city moulded by the era of mining.
In the miners'' footsteps, witnesses remember...
Lucette Clin, the grand-daughter of a miner, remembers her grand-father who survived a mine collapse. A story about pain and hope.
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Abbot Becquart, the parish priest of St Theodore evokes his childhood in the mining settlements. In what way is it symbolic for the Louvre to set itself up on the former mining wasteland ? CEO of Louvre Henri Loyrette, explains.
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"Lens in the miners'footsteps to The Louvre"