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Border land
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 3/15/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Toulouse. We had climbed to the high Cerdagne plateau, through the harrowing ravines...the Pyrenees in 1659, when the Catalan Cerdagne was ceded to France." As we approached...of the most important villages of the Cerdagne, with a population of 500." Etienne...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Across Pyrenees by train and ski.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 1/10/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...you through the Ariege Valley into the high plateau of the Cerdagne region. Beginning with the broad plain, then rising past...is dramatic. You pass through the Puymorens tunnel to enter Cerdagne, a true Catalan area, where the language is widely spoken...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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hot tickets.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 6/5/2005; 642 words
; ...elite-vacations.co.uk. ADVENTURES IN ORCHIDS Late June to early July is the perfect time for wild flowers in the Grand Cerdagne (inset), where Inntravel features an independent walking route leading high into the Mediterranean Pyrenees then dropping...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Elementary, my dear John; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 11/29/2004; 700+ words
; ...but inside the French border. This enclave was established in 1659 under the Treaty of the Pyrenees, which gave half the Cerdagne plateau to Spain and half to France. This led to a number of villages transferring allegiance. But Llivia declared itself...
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The Wreck of Catalonia: Civil War in the Fifteenth Century.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...A desperate Juan II turned to Louis XI of France for military aid and had to pawn the Catalan counties of Roussillon and Cerdagne in return. Louis subsequently annexed the counties and sided with the Catalan rebels when it suited him. Most of the book...
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This week: Sunshine
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/20/2009; ; 661 words
; ...Solaire, an experimental solar oven with a forest of mirrors to reflect the sun's rays to a central point. Spot it in the Cerdagne on the Spanish border.foursolaire-fontromeu.fr 3,700 Altitude in metres of the ceremonial site of Sacsayhuaman, just...
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How do we escape to Shawshank? JAIL BREAK: Shawshank Redemption, starring Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins, was filmed at Mansfield Reformatory in Ohio, above.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 2/24/2008; 673 words
; ...Villefranche but can find nothing about it in my guide to theCote d'Azur. Martin Brown, Southampton LE PETIT Train de la Cerdagne is indeed a fantasticmountain rail journey which operates from Villefranche-de-Conflent, about 35miles from Perpignan...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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First the chunnel, now the Pyreneath. (France will build a tunnel through the Pyrenees)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 12/3/1988; 700+ words
; ...formidable mountain called Puymorens, between the department of Ariege to the north and, to the south, the narrow plain of Cerdagne, which is France's door into Andorra and Spanish Catalonia. The road which snakes up Puymorens to 1,915 metres is closed...
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Langlauf - the lowdown
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/23/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...above Lake Geneva, Ceillac in the Queyras National Park in Haute Savoie, and La Llagonne and Valcebollere on the forested Cerdagne plateau in the Pyrenees. Headwater Holidays (01606 48699; fax 48761): Venabu Fjellhotel, Ringebu, from pounds 626...
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 "Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)")
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LIVING: TRAVEL: The Late Late Show.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 4/13/2003; 408 words
; ...May 11. WALKING THE PYRENEES: Waymark (01753 516477) offers 10 nights' half-board accom for walk from the plateau of Cerdagne to the Catalan villages of Costa Brava, with luggage transported between hotels each night. Package at pounds 740 incl flights...
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