Graffiti in Montpellier, France

These pictures are from January 2006 in Montpellier. It's as romantic and beautiful as any town in France but, for better or worse, the most interesting art of the city was the graffiti. Since the art looks pretty good I would have guessed that it was paid for by the shop owners. But I talked to a local who said that no one was happy about it. Kids were just doing it in the dark of night.

You could almost hear Captain Bezu Fache say "... it's a scar on the face of Montpellier."