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Old candle

Unnamed Road, 73220 Saint-Georges-d'Hurtières, France

A 3-minute field recording by Vincent Duseigne made in Albertville, France on 7 June 2017, in the evening. Soundscape: trams, metros & buses and caves, tunnels & underground.

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Old candle
2:33CC BY 3.0by Vincent DuseigneInternet Archive
2:33

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Recordist's notes

Into the Saint-Georges d'Hurtières mine, there's a grave. It's the Emile Skarka memorial, a speleologist who went a lot in the Savoy underground mines with Robert Durand. We give an homage to this person and we light the very very old candle.

Written by Vincent Duseigne on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Albertville is a town of about 19,113 people in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. OttoAnna lists 17 field recordings from here.

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