Lemon Festival in Menton
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With more than 200,000 visitors each year, La Fete du Citron or the Lemon festival is an exclusive event that has taken on a new life in the last few years. Centering heroes from the world of cartoons and comic books, the festival commemorates numerous sculptures made out of lemon and oranges; each telling a story in a number of scenes.
People work on sculptures made with oranges and lemons representing the Eiffel tower and the entrance of a metro station on February 16, 2012 in Menton on the French Riviera, ahead of the start of the "Fete du Citron" (lemon carnival)
A picture shows sculptures made with oranges and lemons representing a bottle of wine and a goose symbolising the southwestern region of Bordeaux on February 16, 2012 in Menton on the French Riviera, ahead of the start of the "Fete du Citron"
Workers make a bottle of Champagne with lemons and oranges during the 79th Lemon festival in Menton, southern France.
A worker makes stork with lemons and oranges during the 79th Lemon festival in Menton, southern France.
A man works on a sculpture made with oranges and lemons representing the Eiffel tower on February 16, 2012 in Menton on the French Riviera.
A man works on sculptures made with oranges and lemons representing a castle on February 16, 2012 in Menton on the French Riviera, ahead of the start of the "Fete du Citron".
A picture shows sculptures made with oranges and lemons representing a "beffroi" (Belfry) and a "giant" symbolising the Northern region of France on February 16, 2012 in Menton on the French Riviera, ahead of the start of the "Fete du Citron"