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Tarascon is a city of the Bouches-du-Rhône département, in the south of France. Population: 15,000 inhabitants.

Located on the banks of the Rhone River.

Highlights: medieval castle, church, historical city center.

Mythological monster: the Tarasque is said to have lived there at the beginning of the 1st century.

Book: Tartarin de Tarascon, by Alphonse Daudet.

Official website of the city: http://www.tarascon.org/

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