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Mettray chapel
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Recordist's notes
Into the Mettray prison, where children were sequestrated in the past, this is the sound of the chapel. It's not a very good sound as the bell is very enclosed into the tower, but it's important to know that it was the exact sound that children convicts were hearing.
About the place
Tours is a city of about 141,621 people in Centre-Val de Loire, France. OttoAnna lists 16 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “37390 Mettray, France - Mettray chapel” by Vincent Duseigne – CC BY 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0