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Pyrénées Orientales, France
en revenant du Canigou (côté brèche de Durier), descendant vers Mariailles
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Walking around the artificial lake Raho is app. a 7km tour. There is a fine gravel road around the lake following the shores. From this point we have a good view also to the majestetic Mont Canigou in the back - The Holy mountain of the Catalans.
Some more from the net:
Lac de Villeneuve-de-la-Raho is a lake located in the town of Villeneuve-de-la-Raho in Pyrénées-Orientales, France.
The former lake of Villeneuve-de-la-Raho had a size of 150 hectares. Considered useless, it was dried in 1854 and the land was then used for agriculture. Recovered by the General Council of the Pyrénées-Orientales, it was filled with water and became once again a lake in 1977. (WIKI)
- Distant de 280 Kms (à la frontière Espagnole).
- The Canigou from Vitrolles-radar. - Distant 280 Kms (at the Spanish border)
A very early start saw us (see "Canigou 1" for an explanation!) arriving at the Refuge de Mariailles, the starting point of our route up Canigou, as the sun illuminated the Pyrenean slopes.
We were able to drive all the way to the Refuge, whereas I believe you now have to park at the Col de Jou, 2 hours walk short of Mariailles.
The chapel Força Réal (France) in front of the highest eastern summit of the Pyrenees Mountains (Pic du Canigou)
Our path from the Mariailles Refuge winds its way to the base of La Cheminée.
The skyline is made up of the peaks of the Serra del Roc Negre, all slightly lower than Canigou itself, though still around the 2700m / 8850 ft mark.
Le mont Canigó "Canigou"plus communément appelé le "Pic du Canigó", montagne sacrée des Catalans qui culmine à 2 784 mètres d'altitude est un haut lieu de randonnées des Pyrénées.
Le massif et le pic du Canigou dans les Pyrénées Orientales.
The massif and the peak of Canigou in the Pyrenees Orientales.
In the very South of France - but still in Catalonia you will find this mighty mountain. In the early spring still dressed in a white cape. In the foreground some of the vineyards by the village Belesta - one of those small places with everything closed a Sunday afternoon in March.
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Qui écoute récolte.
Proverbe persan
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Quien escucha cosecha.
Proverbio persa
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Photo : Trouillas (Pyrénées Orientales) au pieds du Canigou, au printemps. Le Canigou (Canigó) est la montagne magique des catalans, terre d'aventure et de légendes, éternelle et immuable...
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Foto: Trouillas, al pied del Canigó, en el Pirineo Oriental francés, al llegar la primavera. El Canigó (Canigou, en francés) es la montaña mágica de los catalanes. Gigante, fascinante, ciudadela avanzada del Pirineo Oriental, espolón de proa y cancerdero del extremo oriental de la montaña