The mural "La Fille des remparts" (The Girl of the Ramparts) by Max Cabanes is an artistic deception that blends painting and the historic city walls, Rue de la Corderie, Angoulême, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. In it, a woman leans on a painted city wall that continues into the original city wall. The 120-square-metre trompe-l'œil dates from 2004. Its blue tones recall Béziers in the south of France, the comic artist's home town. Cabanes won the Grand Prix of the city's International Comics Festival in 1990. The blue gable rises above red-tiled rooftops, and a street lined with old townhouses r