Amazing sculptures at annual lemon festival in Menton, France

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This is a giant replica of of Chinese opera mask and has been made with hundreds of lemons and oranges.

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Here's a pagoda. These incredible designs are part of a lemon festival which takes place every year in the town Menton, France.

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It's thought that over 140 tons of lemons and oranges were used to create these bright sculptures.

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This year's theme for the festival is "Tribulations of a lemon in China", so all the exhibits have something to do with China. Here stands tall a fiery dragon.

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An estimated 300 workers spent 20,000 hours creating the exhibition. Here is one putting the final touches to a giant panda.

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This year's event started on Feb 14 and runs until 4 March and organisers hope to attract more than 100,000 visitors.