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Sometimes referred to as the "Village of Books", Montolieu contains fifteen bookshops[as of?], mostly specializing in secondhand and antique books.[3][4] Many artists also live and work in Montolieu, with five workshops[as of?] and galleries of painters and sculptors and three photographers' studios[as of?]. 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.[3] He created the association Montolieu Village du Livre and founded the Musée des Arts & Métiers du Livre ("museum of book arts & crafts).[4]
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