Les Pyrénées

A series of animated postcards makes us go through the iconic sites of the Pyrenees, from the Basque Country to Collioure: in the Basque Country, we find the Roman bridge of Ascain and the pelota game. In the Bearnese Country, the castle of Pau, the waterfalls of Gripp, the Vignemale peak, the Gaube lake, the Gave de Pau river, the Napoleon bridge in St Sauveur, the circus of Gavarnie, Lourdes, the Pic du Midi de Bigorre Observatory, the Peyresourde pass, winter sports in Luchon and its valley, the Superbagneres ski resort, the lake of Oo, the bridge of Trebons, the white marble quarry of St Behat, the village of Cazaril, St Bertrand de Comminges, St Lizier and its Salat river, the hot water basin of Ax-les-Thermes, the surroundings of Tarascon, the Pyrenees-Orientales, Mont-Louis, the Bouillouses lake, the Canigou, Amelie-les-Bains and, finally, Collioure.



Year
1925
Type
Film
Length
00:09:58
Gauge
35mm, 35mm
Sound
Silent
Image
B&W
Genre
Documentary
Theme
Sites and monuments, Society and traditions
Place
France > Pays Basque, France > Pau, France > Pic de Vignemale, France > Lourdes, France > Bagnères-de-Luchon, France > Pyrénées-Orientales, France > Lac des Bouillouses, France > Canigou, France > Amélie-les-Bains, France > Collioure
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Institut Jean Vigo