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Twinned Cities
Because of its geographical position, Arles has always been a cultural crossroads. The city has always embraced other Mediterranean cultures in all their creations : music, photography, literature.
Arles is home to
Harmonia Mundi
editions
Actes Sud
editions
Picquier
, editions
The
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie
(ENSP), the only university-level national photography school in France.
Theatre is also part of Arlesian cultural life with two venues for plays,
the théâtre d’Arles
and the
théâtre de la Calade
.
Other cultural events include the traditional festivals of Arles, (
www.reinedarles.com
) the
Easter bullfighting Feria
,
the International Photography Festival
created by Lucien Clergue, and including photo seminars and expositions,
the nude photo festival
, the music festival «
Les Suds à Arles
», the peplum epic film festival (
download the press file
),
the harp festival
,
the International Santonniers' salon
(
more information
). These are some of the activities that make the city vibrate from January to December.