Decorated manhole covers, fire hydrants and road traffic signs can be found around the town of Châlons-en-Champagne. They are not advertised, other than in a local newspaper report and on a Châlons Facebook page, which is strange as they would be a good tourist attraction for families; children could tick them off against a list as they find them. It took us ages to find out why they were decorated like this and it transpired that it was an initiative to get artists to work in the town to promote it!
Many of the pictures represent the trade carried out in the premises positioned next to the manhole. As at 21st April 2021 we have found 171 different examples. Apparently there are over 370 in total but many have been worn away by the passage of time and feet.
Where possible we have included a picture taken when the cover was first painted next to our pictures, which is especially helpful where ours are not clear. SOmetimes the artist freshens up an artwork and we have included some of these too.
Rue Simon de Chaalons
Station car park
Rue Edmund Michele
Boulevard Vaubecourt
Hémicycle (outside the port)
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| No idea and can't find a picture of the original |
Rue Chedel
Rue du Porte de la Marne
Rue Ernest Dagonet - Collège Victor Duruy
Rue de Fagnières
Rue des Cordeliers
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| École |
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| École |
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| École |
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| École |
The fire station
Avenue de Paris
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| Outside a boulangerie |
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| Outside 111 |
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| Outside 111 |
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| Champagne house |
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| Elvis! |
Circus school
Rue Lochet
Rue Thiers
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| By the hardware store |
Rue Saint Dominique
Quai Eugène Perrier
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| The court |
La Cométe
Chemin du Barrage
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| Hoopoe |
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| Heron |
Quai Barbat |
| Ducks lining up for duck race |
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| Donald duck |
The museum
Rue de René Popelin
Boulevard Victor Hugo (the road parallel to the port)
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| Apparently this is a rose |
Rue Gambetta
Rue de la Trinité
Rue Gobet Boisselle
Rue d'Orfeuil / Rue de l'Abbé Lambert
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| By the market halls |
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| Market trader |
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| By the market halls |
Cours D'Ormesson
Cathédrale Saint Etienne
Rue de la Rochefoucauld
Boulevard Léon Blum
Rue Saint Lazare
Quai Notre Dame
Rue Simon de Chaalons
Can't remember where these are
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