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motorway aires: 4 |
motorway aires[1]
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francenew : a
fifth bridge coming to Bordeaux: pont Bacalan-Bastide, a new
vertical lift bridge
Ile
de France, Paris: in the context of Abelard and of French cathedrals
France’s western isles: Ile de Ré France’s western iles: Ile d’Oleron
on first arriving in France - driving
Marianne - a French national symbol, with French definitive stamps the calendar of the French Revolution
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6th bridge at Rouen: Pont Gustave Flaubert, the French umbrella & Aurillac the
forest as seen by francois mauriac, and today 50 years
old: Citroën
DS Pic
du Midi - observing stars clearly, A64 Carcassonne,
A61: world heritage fortified city mardi gras! carnival in Basque country what a hair cut! m & french pop/rock country life in France: the poultry fair
short biography of Pierre (Peter) Abelard
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les pyrénées
aire Motorway aires are designed to provide a suitable environment for relaxing, refreshing and recovering during the long, hard journeys. As well as facilities of often dubious nature, picnic tables and seats, a telephone kiosk, there are often optional extras such as a play area or a display related to some local interest or event.
With a southerly view overlooking the Pyrénées mountain range, this aire is dominated by the enormous and dramatic sculpture celebrating the largest sporting event in the world, the Tour de France cycle race. Many of the more interesting (for spectators) races occur during the mountain stages.
Les Pyrénées aire, while not among the very largest, is busy
with ‘features’:
Although this aire is situated on the south (west to east) side of the A64 autoroute, it is accessible from both directions. Travellers on the north side of the motorway, going towards the Atlantic coast, take the slip road and bridge over the motorway. The Pyrénées aire is in Département 64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, but only just. This aire is only about 2 km inside the border with Département 65 - Hautes-Pyrénées. See also the Pyrénées mountain range Here at the abelard.org France Zone, there are illustrated web-pages describing and appreciating the greatest show on Earth, the Tour de France. Start reading here: Le Tour 1: the greatest show on Earth. This linked page points to the other pages on this modern wonder of man, machine and organisation.
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