Mushroom area in a big quarry. Bags are still goods.

Mushroom area in a gypsum quarry, exploited on stacks

The SEBILLOTTE quarry was operated from 1838 until 1940. Then, the quarry has been used for growing mushrooms until 1960. There are still beautiful mushroom beds in most rooms of operation.

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Rush 17s / A primitive elevator to go down in Raidos quarry

The structural wood burned in a fire in 1836. the wood structure was replaced by a metal frame. There was restoration work in 1995 because she was aging. Photographs were taken by a photographer Regional. His photographs are exhibited in a room halfway up the blazing gotical tower.

Going along the curtain gives a strange sensation. If you look straight forward (not your feet!), it seems like the ground is static, like if you were flying in the air. Great!

The stacks of a former mushroom bed in the underground quarry of Bazemont.

Photography in relief. Thank you to Argonaut for the second camera.

Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Clermont-Ferrand is built of volcanic stone. That is why it is so dark in color.

A mineralogical study buried in the quarries of the thirteenth district of Paris.

Top view of the EDF tower of Cergy-Pontoise. With 86m high, is the tallest building in the Val d'Oise.

From the roof of the great arch, a view overlooking the cinema complex. With the geode in the foreground.