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Ice And Snow Industry Development In Zhejiang - China

A tourist (L) rents equipment at the Ice and Snow World of the Taihu Lake Longemont Paradise in Changxing County of Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 29, 2025. Skiing and a variety of other winter sports have become a popular seasonal pastime for a growing number of people in Zhejiang Province. The province boasts many ice and snow resorts, both indoor and outdoor, providing ample choices for enthusiasts. Notable examples include the Wansongling Ski Resort in Hangzhou, Qiaobo Ice and Snow World in Shaoxing, Taihu Lake Longemont Paradise in Huzhou, SkyLand ski resort in Anji, and Pan'an ski Resort in Jinhua. Moreover, such facilities are increasingly taking root across the province. According to a ski industry white paper, the 2024-2025 winter sports season saw a national participation of 26.05 million skiers. Zhejiang ranked sixth nationwide with 1.29 million participants, leading all southern Chinese provinces in skier numbers. Photo by Jiang Han/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration Against Overtourism - Naples

A demonstration promoted by network activists, remain residents, against the uncontrolled increase in mass tourism, which has led to an increase in the number of holiday homes and an insufficient number of housing offers for residents, who demand a regulation against the increase in holiday homes, a stop to the speculation of ever higher house rents and evictions. Naples, Italy, on March 28, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration Against Overtourism - Naples

A demonstration promoted by network activists, remain residents, against the uncontrolled increase in mass tourism, which has led to an increase in the number of holiday homes and an insufficient number of housing offers for residents, who demand a regulation against the increase in holiday homes, a stop to the speculation of ever higher house rents and evictions. Naples, Italy, on March 28, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration Against Overtourism - Naples

A demonstration promoted by network activists, remain residents, against the uncontrolled increase in mass tourism, which has led to an increase in the number of holiday homes and an insufficient number of housing offers for residents, who demand a regulation against the increase in holiday homes, a stop to the speculation of ever higher house rents and evictions. Naples, Italy, on March 28, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration Against Overtourism - Naples

A demonstration promoted by network activists, remain residents, against the uncontrolled increase in mass tourism, which has led to an increase in the number of holiday homes and an insufficient number of housing offers for residents, who demand a regulation against the increase in holiday homes, a stop to the speculation of ever higher house rents and evictions. Naples, Italy, on March 28, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration Against Overtourism - Naples

A demonstration promoted by network activists, remain residents, against the uncontrolled increase in mass tourism, which has led to an increase in the number of holiday homes and an insufficient number of housing offers for residents, who demand a regulation against the increase in holiday homes, a stop to the speculation of ever higher house rents and evictions. Naples, Italy, on March 28, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration Against Overtourism - Naples

A demonstration promoted by network activists, remain residents, against the uncontrolled increase in mass tourism, which has led to an increase in the number of holiday homes and an insufficient number of housing offers for residents, who demand a regulation against the increase in holiday homes, a stop to the speculation of ever higher house rents and evictions. Naples, Italy, on March 28, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration Against Overtourism - Naples

A demonstration promoted by network activists, remain residents, against the uncontrolled increase in mass tourism, which has led to an increase in the number of holiday homes and an insufficient number of housing offers for residents, who demand a regulation against the increase in holiday homes, a stop to the speculation of ever higher house rents and evictions. Naples, Italy, on March 28, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration Against Overtourism - Naples

A demonstration promoted by network activists, remain residents, against the uncontrolled increase in mass tourism, which has led to an increase in the number of holiday homes and an insufficient number of housing offers for residents, who demand a regulation against the increase in holiday homes, a stop to the speculation of ever higher house rents and evictions. Naples, Italy, on March 28, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration Against Overtourism - Naples

A demonstration promoted by network activists, remain residents, against the uncontrolled increase in mass tourism, which has led to an increase in the number of holiday homes and an insufficient number of housing offers for residents, who demand a regulation against the increase in holiday homes, a stop to the speculation of ever higher house rents and evictions. Naples, Italy, on March 28, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration Against Overtourism - Naples

A demonstration promoted by network activists, remain residents, against the uncontrolled increase in mass tourism, which has led to an increase in the number of holiday homes and an insufficient number of housing offers for residents, who demand a regulation against the increase in holiday homes, a stop to the speculation of ever higher house rents and evictions. Naples, Italy, on March 28, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration Against Overtourism - Naples

A demonstration promoted by network activists, remain residents, against the uncontrolled increase in mass tourism, which has led to an increase in the number of holiday homes and an insufficient number of housing offers for residents, who demand a regulation against the increase in holiday homes, a stop to the speculation of ever higher house rents and evictions. Naples, Italy, on March 28, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration Against Overtourism - Naples

A demonstration promoted by network activists, remain residents, against the uncontrolled increase in mass tourism, which has led to an increase in the number of holiday homes and an insufficient number of housing offers for residents, who demand a regulation against the increase in holiday homes, a stop to the speculation of ever higher house rents and evictions. Naples, Italy, on March 28, 2025. Photo by Salvatore Laporta/Kontrolab/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Hundreds of people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Fernando Sánchez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Thousands of people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call for a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Fernando Sánchez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Minister of Youth and Children, Sira Rego (c), during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Hundreds of people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Dozens of people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Hundreds of people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Fernando Sánchez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Several people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Hundreds of people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Fernando Sánchez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Several people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Dozens of people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Fernando Sánchez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Hundreds of people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Several people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Several people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Several people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Several people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

(L-R) Podemos co-spokesperson, María Teresa Pérez, Podemos secretary general, Ione Belarra, and Podemos MEP and spokesperson, Isa Serra, during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Dozens of people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Several people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Fernando Sánchez / Europa Press 10/13/2024

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Dozens of people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

A man during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Podemos co-spokesperson Maria Teresa Perez (2l) and Podemos MEP and spokesperson Isa Serra (2r) during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Podemos co-spokesperson María Teresa Pérez (3l), Podemos secretary general Ione Belarra (4l) and Podemos MEP and spokesperson Isa Serra (c) during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Several people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Several people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration To Denounce Rent Prices - Madrid

Several people during a demonstration to denounce the price of rents, on October 13, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). A total of 39 collectives have joined together to call a demonstration in Madrid, from Atocha to Callao, under the slogan 'It's over. Let's lower the rents', to demand the right to decent housing from the different administrations. Photo by Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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T?RKIYE-ANKARA-RESIDENTIAL RENT-RISE

(240711) -- ANKARA, July 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A man posts an advertisement for a house for rent in Ankara, Trkiye, on July 11, 2024. Sevket Benli, a resident of Ankara, Trkiye's capital city, had been shielded from steep residential rent hikes over the past two years due to a government-imposed rent cap. However, with this restriction lifted in July, he now faces a challenging situation. (Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM TO GO WITH Feature: In Trkiye, rents surge amid inflation as cap lifted

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T?RKIYE-ANKARA-RESIDENTIAL RENT-RISE

(240711) -- ANKARA, July 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Photo taken on July 11, 2024 shows houses for sale and rent in Ankara, Trkiye. Sevket Benli, a resident of Ankara, Trkiye's capital city, had been shielded from steep residential rent hikes over the past two years due to a government-imposed rent cap. However, with this restriction lifted in July, he now faces a challenging situation. (Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM TO GO WITH Feature: In Trkiye, rents surge amid inflation as cap lifted

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Demonstration Against The Extreme Right - Toulouse

Tag a wall, lower rents, tag your neighborhood !. Undeclared demonstration banned by the prefecture, against the extreme right, racists and capitalists, Siamo Tittu Antifascisti. Young people piss off the Rassemblement National and the bourgeoisie. France, Toulouse on 12 June 2024. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BRAZIL-RIO DE JANEIRO-IPANEMA BEACH

(240427) -- RIO DE JANEIRO, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A surfer (L) rents a surf board in the Ipanema district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Tiancong)

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

This photograph shows a sticker reading “Do not touch my Clap” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

Players compete in petanque (boules game) beneath a placard reading “the Clap is in danger” at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas

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Montmartre Petanque Club Fights Eviction In Gentrification Row

This photograph shows Clap’s flags at the Lepic Abbesses Petanque Club (Clap) in Paris, France on April 23, 2024. Petanque is a game similar to bowls that is as dear to the French as village cricket is to the English. During the Belle epoque, Montmartre was the artistic heart of Paris, home to Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who were attracted by its cheap rents and bohemian nightlife. Today the picturesque district that was one of the settings of the 2001 film Amelie is a magnet for tourists. Property prices have soared and its well-heeled residents now include celebrities such as Claude Lelouch, the film director. Some are fond of playing petanque on a patch of council-owned land and their club has become a well-loved local institution since its establishment in 1971. It is now the focus of a bitter legal battle with the Paris council, which has obtained a court order to evict the club so it can lease the land to. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM