The birthplace of cinema…
Incredible but true: two of France’s favourite leisure activities – pétanque and cinema – were both born in this little town of 35,000 inhabitants! The cinematograph was presented to the public for the first time on September 21st, 1895 at the Palais Lumière, where the family of Louis Lumière, the inventor of moving pictures, was spending summer. The second screening was held a month later at the Eden Theatre, which remains the only cinema from the era still open today.
