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The Sainte-Victoire mountain, near Aix-en-Provence, was an inexhaustible source of inspiration for the painter Cézanne.
Émile Zola's friend painted nearly 80 views of the Provençal mountain, now surrounded by 22 wind turbines.
These new generation windmills, installed in the towns of Artigues and Ollières, in the Haut-Var, stir up the anger of the inhabitants.
While the government has announced an acceleration in the establishment of wind turbines, the spectacular increase in the wind farm is raising questions about more and more elected officials and citizens in the territories.
"So you don't hear this anger which is mounting in our countryside?"
Exclaims Stéphane Bern in a tribune at Le Figaro.
The journalist, in charge of the Heritage in Danger mission, perceives a striking cleavage, opposing
"the defenders of historical heritage against the supporters of
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modernity ".
Rural people against bobo city dwellers who consider that "there is only to install wind turbines in the countryside".
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