Pau and the PyreneesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 82 páginas |
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... Perpignan and Eastern Pyrenees · 67 68 • 69 · 70 • 71 74 76 78 LIST OF MAPS . Sketch of the Pyrenees as seen from Pau to face page Environs of Pau . • Western Pyrenees " " " " 67 135 ! I ༄ ། ཀ OP THE PAU AND PYRENEES viii Contents .
... Perpignan and Eastern Pyrenees · 67 68 • 69 · 70 • 71 74 76 78 LIST OF MAPS . Sketch of the Pyrenees as seen from Pau to face page Environs of Pau . • Western Pyrenees " " " " 67 135 ! I ༄ ། ཀ OP THE PAU AND PYRENEES viii Contents .
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... seen the crumbling ruins of an old square tower . This was the mint , established here in 1524 , and helping to defend the once imposing bridge , of which the broken piles still stand in the river below , looking as strong and old as ...
... seen the crumbling ruins of an old square tower . This was the mint , established here in 1524 , and helping to defend the once imposing bridge , of which the broken piles still stand in the river below , looking as strong and old as ...
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... seen from so short a distance . The actual zone of perpetual snow in the Pyrenees has a vertical height of 2,000 feet . In fact it is not fair in any way to compare the Pau panorama of mountains to analogous ones in the Alps ( Berne ...
... seen from so short a distance . The actual zone of perpetual snow in the Pyrenees has a vertical height of 2,000 feet . In fact it is not fair in any way to compare the Pau panorama of mountains to analogous ones in the Alps ( Berne ...
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... seen undulating like the undecided waves of a tormented sea , and covered with lawns , woods , and vineyards , with white villas scattered in every direction , like flakes of snow . Beyond all that , walling the whole of the southern ...
... seen undulating like the undecided waves of a tormented sea , and covered with lawns , woods , and vineyards , with white villas scattered in every direction , like flakes of snow . Beyond all that , walling the whole of the southern ...
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... seen : it is so steep that you can scarcely believe carriages ever passed there , and after half a mile its white tortuous line disappears in rocks and gloom , as if it entered a cavern . Laruns ( 24 miles from Pau , 4 from Eaux ...
... seen : it is so steep that you can scarcely believe carriages ever passed there , and after half a mile its white tortuous line disappears in rocks and gloom , as if it entered a cavern . Laruns ( 24 miles from Pau , 4 from Eaux ...
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