Cirque de Gavarnie
geological feature, France
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feature of Gavarnie-Gèdre
- In Gavarnie-Gèdre
The Cirque de Gavarnie, about 2.5 miles (4 km) south of the village, is described by the 19th-century French writer Victor Hugo as “a mountain and a wall at the same time…the colosseum of nature.” From its floor, glacially eroded rock walls rise to about 5,000…
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