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Waterfall Attractions In Montespan

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Chateau de Montespan

Parc Animalier Des Pyrenees

Pic Du Midi

Grotte de Niaux

Cirque de Gavarnie

Parc de la Prehistoire

Pont d'Espagne

Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise of Montespan , better known as Madame de Montespan , was the most celebrated maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XIV of France, by whom she had seven children.Born into one of the oldest noble families of France, the House of Rochechouart, Madame de Montespan was called by some the true Queen of France' during her romantic relationship with Louis XIV due to the pervasiveness of her influence at court during that time.Her so-called reign lasted from around 1667, when she first danced with Louis XIV at a ball hosted by the king's younger brother, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, at the Louvre Palace...
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Waterfall Attractions In Montespan

1. Cirque de Gavarnie Gavarnie
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...
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