2. Cirque de GavarnieGavarnie The Cirque de Gavarnie is a cirque in the central Pyrenees, in Southwestern France, close to the border of Spain. It is within the commune of Gavarnie, the department of Hautes-Pyrénées, and the Pyrénées National Park. Major features of the cirque are La Brèche de Roland and the Gavarnie Falls. It was described by Victor Hugo as the Colosseum of nature due to its enormous size and horseshoe shape resembling an ancient amphitheatre.The cirque is 800 m wide and about 3,000 m wide at the top. The rock walls that surround it are up to 1,500 metres above the floor of the Cirque.During the warmer seasons of spring, summer and fall, there are a number of large meltwater falls that spill into the cirque. The largest of these is Gavarnie Falls, the second-highest waterfall in Europe. It descen... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
4. Pont d'EspagneCauterets Pont d'Espagne is a stone-built bridge that spans the Gave de Marcadau at the point where it meets the Gave de Gaube, near one of its sources high in the French Pyrenees. It is a protected area of the Pyrénées in the Pyrénées National Park. The Pont d'Espagne is at an altitude of approx 1500m. The name translates as Spanish Bridge. The bridge used to join Spain and France through the mountains. Google Satellite Map There is a car park nearby and it is possible to get to Lac de Gaube by ski lift. The nearest towns are Cauterets and Lourdes. Coordinates: 42°51′04″N 00°08′24″W From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
7. Grottes de BetharramSaint Pe De Bigorre The Grottes de Bétharram are a series of French caves located at the border of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées departments and of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie regions. Located near Asson, Lestelle-Bétharram and Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre, they offer a threeway discovery: by foot, by boat and finally, by train, the key to similar cave formation. The entrance is located in Asson and the exit in Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Places to see in ( Pau - France ) Eglise Saint Jacques
Places to see in ( Pau - France ) Eglise Saint Jacques
The Saint-Jacques church is one of the churches of Pau , located in the heart of the city next to the courthouse. The church of Saint-Jacques occupies the site of an old chapel, of the same name, built in 1651 by the order of the Cordeliers. Pilgrims traveling to Santiago de Compostela were thus welcomed into the latter.
In the xix th century , the city is organized around two parishes. The primitive churches of Saint-Martin and Saint-Jacques are nevertheless too small to accommodate a growing number of faithful. The city of Pau chose to build a new church in the immediate vicinity of the Boulevard du Midi, now the Boulevard des Pyrénées , and palaces welcoming wealthy tourists from all over Europe.
Therefore considered as the project of tourists, a popular subscription is launched in 1860 to build the real church of the palies in place of the old chapel Saint-Jacques. With the success of the subscription, the work of the church can be launched in July 1861 under the direction of the architect Loupot. The work was finally completed in 1868 , three years before the inauguration of the Saint Martin church .
The wear of time and finally the storm of 1999 will be right of the two arrows of the church. These had been made of brick with stone facings. All these external aggressions have made them particularly fragile and unstable. The municipality decided to remove the two arrows from the church in 2001 .
After more than 10 years without its arrows, the city of Pau has finally decided to commit nearly 1.5 million euros to rehabilitate the two arrows but also to revise the entire slate cover, remove all water inlets and the restoration of three particularly damaged stained glass windows. Finally, the church finds its two arrows in 2012 . These are now 22 meters high, compared to 17 meters previously, and weigh 19 tonnes each, including 3.5 tonnes of zinc
The realization of the stained glasses was entrusted to the master glassmaker Émile Thibaud de Clermont-Ferrand . The church of Saint-Jacques has 54 stained glass windows, all listed in the general inventory of historic monuments since 1990. The windows of the chapel have been made by the Mauméjean family in the style different from Art Nouveau .
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