Waltzes of starry lights in the night of the capital of the Cévennes

Sur la place des Martyrs-de-la-Résistance, Les planètes scintillent, rappelant la passion alésienne pour la beauté de l’espace. Midi Libre – ALEXIS BETHUNE

Depuis le 4 décembre, Alès profite des illuminations de Noël dans les rues de son centre-ville. Une balade bien connue, mais toujours féérique.
 

Arches of gold and silver, posts carrying multi-coloured carpets… Without forgetting, of course, the large 12-metre high fir tree on Boulevard Louis-Blanc. Made up, as is the Alès tradition, of 133 small fir trees “from agroforestry”, specifies the town hall.

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The big fir tree on Boulevard Louis-Blanc, still there, unchanging. Midi Free – ALEXIS BETHUNE

“Living” thanks to its ballet of comets, the “starry sky” sphere recalls the pride of having an international starry sky reserve in the Cévennes. Midi Libre – ALEXIS BETHUNE
This year again, Alès celebrated Christmas with the traditional street illuminations. Lights that, in quantity, differ little from previous years. Due to budgetary constraints, both in terms of equipment and electricity consumption, the City has chosen to concentrate on its existing works, with, no doubt, the regret of not being able to do a little more in the outlying districts.

Some sheets of light dot the streets with colors. Midi Libre – ALEXIS BETHUNE

At nightfall, the immense sheet of the Pont-Neuf begins to show its capabilities. Midi Libre – ALEXIS BETHUNE

That said, the aim was to attract as many people as possible to the heart of Alès. Both to avoid moving in vain to contemplate the lights, but also, some hope, to stop in the cafés, restaurants and independent shops.

Whatever the reason for the trip, the images justify, here, the pleasure of a certain wandering.