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the mountains that make france and spain agree on exactly one thing: stay apart.
means a 300-mile mountain range forming the natural border between france and spain, ending in the tiny nation of andorra.
from named after pyrene, a princess in greek myth allegedly buried there by hercules after a rather bad breakup involving a dragon and, in some tellings, her own father.
treaty borderdefined the franco-spanish frontier since 1659
highest peakaneto, 3,404 meters, capped by a shrinking glacier
language pocketbasque country straddles it, predates both nations
bear reintroductionslovenian brown bears released here since the 1990s
for instance
aneto glacier — spain's largest glacier, projected to vanish by 2050
camino de santiago — pilgrim route crosses the range via roncesvalles pass
andorra — entire country wedged in the range, population 80,000
cirque de gavarnie — unesco cliff amphitheater, 1,500-foot waterfall drop