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The Pic du Midi d'Ossau (French pronunciation: [pik dy midi dɔso]; Occitan: Pic de Mieidia d'Aussau; 2,884 m) is a mountain rising above the Ossau Valley in the French Pyrenees. Despite possessing neither a glacier nor, in the context of the range, a particularly high summit, its distinctive shape makes it a symbol of the French side of the ...
This is a list of châteaux in the Midi-Pyrénées, France. Ariège. Castelet du Castet in Aleu, dating from the 17th or 18th century; Château d’Alliat in Alliat;
Midi-Pyrenees Region: Midi-Pyrénées (French pronunciation: [midi piʁene] ... Tourism is an important source of incomes for the region, partly due to a sunny ...
La Mongie is the largest skiable domain in the Pyrenees including the Superbarèges station. Over 100 kilometres (62 mi) there are 69 pistes and 43 lifts including poma tows and several four and six-man chair-lifts. A gondola lift gives access to some of the southern pistes while the Pic du Midi Funitel gives access to off-piste areas to the ...
Pyrénées National Park (French: Parc national des Pyrénées) is a French national park located within the departments of Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques. [1] [2] The park is located along the border of France and Spain along the Pyrenees Mountains, with a scenic landscape offering a variety of outdoor activities including hiking, skiing, mountain climbing and observing wildlife.
With the aim of building a hydroelectric dam at the Lac d'Artouste, the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Midi built a railway between La Sagette and the construction site in 1920. The dam was completed in 1929. In the 1930s, the Artouste estate was opened to tourism via the Petit train d'Artouste, which utilised the railway line.
Ski slopes in the summer. The most distant mountain in the image is the Aneto, the highest mountain in the Pyrenees. Superbagnères Chapel. The Grand Hôtel at Superbagnères. Superbagnères (French pronunciation: [sypɛʁbaɲɛʁ]) is a ski resort above the town of Bagnères-de-Luchon in the French department of Haute-Garonne in the Midi ...
Co-managed by the Syndicat mixte for the tourist promotion of the Pic du Midi, [10] the Pyrénées National Park [11] and the Departmental Energy Union 65, [12] its priority actions are the public education on the impacts and consequences of these pollutions as well as the establishment of responsible lighting in the Haut-Pyrenean territory.