Montolieu (; ) is a commune in the Aude department of southern France.
Village of books
Sometimes referred to as the "
Book town", Montolieu contains fifteen bookshops, mostly specializing in secondhand and antique books.
Many artists also live and work in Montolieu, with five workshops and galleries of painters and sculptors and three photographers' studios. The commune also contains a cactus garden, the Cactuseraie d'Escaïre-Figue. In 1990, Michel Braibant, a bookbinder in
Carcassonne, came up with the idea of a Village of Books in Montolieu, inspired by the Welsh Hay-on-Wye.
He created the association
Montolieu Village du Livre and founded the
Musée des Arts & Métiers du Livre ("museum of book arts & crafts).
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