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Here 🔥Let's continue the challenge! Every week we look for a place in the Pyrenees. By observing the photograph and with the help of the clues, are you able to find out which place is the one we are looking for? If you want to take part by sending us a place, you can send us your pictures together with the clues and the solution to the email address travesiapirenaica@gmail.com. Each week we will choose one for publication.
We are looking for this place #171:
Sentinel of the Baztan, the mountain we are looking for this week rises majestically, dominating this valley like no other.
Tracks:
- Although its imposing presence dominates the Baztan, it is not the highest mountain in this valley.
- Despite its modest altitude, it is one of the main peaks of the Navarrese Pyrenees, being the second most prominent.
- Its summit is entirely in the Baztán, but its eastern slope flows into the Nive, into the neighbouring Aldudes valley.
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We are looking for this place #170:
In the last foothills of the Pyrenees, with the blue Mediterranean as a backdrop, stands one of the most emblematic treasures of Catalan Romanesque architecture. A place shrouded in legend and mystery, a centre of spirituality and culture for centuries, which in the Middle Ages attracted pilgrims from all over Europe.
Tracks:
- This monastery is located in the Cap de Creus Natural Park.
- Specifically, under the highest mountain on this peninsula.
- The GR11 passes through this place.
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