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La Tarasque, Tarascon
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Tarasque, a dragon-like beast, terrorized Tarascon in the 1st century AD, until St Martha sprinkled it with Holy Water. Tarascon converted to Christianity (see Château de Tarascon) and Tarasque remains central to the town’s June festival.
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