Freak weather: Conservatoire evacuated after being hit by landslide

Freak weather: Conservatoire evacuated after being hit by landslide

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norman lebrecht

December 09, 2013

Some 80 students and staff at the Conservatoire supérieur de Lyon, France, were ordered to leave the building last night after a burst water mains caused the earth to move on the hill above the building. No-one was hurt. Large parts of the building remain inaccessible.

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Comments

  • Tully Potter says:

    No worries. It was just Saint-Saëns turning in his grave…

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