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Over the past four days, about 600,000 people have pursued a gigantic robotic and minotaur spider in the streets of Toulouse, a town in southwestern France, in a gigantic theatrical show.
The show "The guardian of the temple" was designed and presented by La Machine Compagne, an organization directed by François Delarozière. Originally from Toulouse, Delarozière built giant robots for two decades and organizes similar street performances in other cities.
The latest event marks his return home as he prepares to open a permanent facility next weekend that will serve as both a museum for his creations, as well as workshop and event space called The Hall of the Machine.
To celebrate his return, the four-day Guardian show captured the city center of France's fourth-largest city and its labyrinthine roads. The story rewrites the original myth to tell the story of Asterion, the Minotaur, that his half-sister, a giant Ariane spider, awakened from a long sleep.
VIDEO: The French street theater company "La Machine" sends a giant minotaur and a spider through the streets of Toulouse to the delight of locals and tourists pic.twitter.com/GGjaQJ7zmW
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While Asterion seeks to regain his powers, he wanders through the "labyrinth" of Toulouse, aided occasionally by Ariane, until finding the way to a temple that he had to keep. Along the way, the roaring giants are accompanied by musicians and the robotic troop that operates the machines.
The spider was built for a previous show. But the minotaur, made of wood and metal and weighing 46 tons, cost the city of Toulouse 2.4 million euros (2.73 million dollars) and the show 2 million additional (2.28 million of dollars). The Hall of the Machine cost an additional 15 million euros (17.08 million dollars).
Municipal and regional officials hope that this event, which attracted the attention of the international community to Toulouse, and the new hall, will enhance the tourist appeal of the city, while strengthening its efforts to crystallize its reputation as a research center and high technology.
"We are talking about Toulouse around the world simply by the presence of these mythological beings," Delarozière told the local newspaper La Dépêche. "The Toulouse people made me a gift by allowing me to do this show. "The Minotaur will be visible day and night 365 days a year, except when he goes on a trip. He will then become ambassador of Toulouse, the city that saw him born. "
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