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Roland's Breach

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Roland's Breach (La Brèche de Roland; La Brecha de Rolando; La Breca de Roldán; Errolanen Arraila; La Bretxa de Rotllà; Rolandsbresche) is the name of a natural gap, 40 m across and 100 m high, at an elevation of 2804 m in the Pyrenees on the border of Aragón, northern Spain, and Hautes-Pyrénées, France. [1]

11 relations: Aragon, Battle of Roncevaux Pass, Central sulcus, Cirque de Gavarnie, Durendal, France, Hautes-Pyrénées, Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Pyrenees, Roland, Spain.

Aragon

Aragon (or, Spanish and Aragón, Aragó or) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon.

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Battle of Roncevaux Pass

The Battle of Roncevaux Pass (French and English spelling, Roncesvalles in Spanish, Orreaga in Basque) in 778 saw a large force of Basques ambush a part of Charlemagne's army in Roncevaux Pass, a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the present border between France and Spain, after his invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Central sulcus

The central sulcus is a sulcus, or fold, in the cerebral cortex in the brains of vertebrates.

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Cirque de Gavarnie

The Cirque de Gavarnie is a cirque in the central Pyrenees, in Southwestern France, close to the border of Spain.

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Durendal

Durendal or Durandal is the sword of Roland, legendary paladin of Charlemagne in French epic literature.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Hautes-Pyrénées

Hautes-Pyrénées (Gascon/Occitan: Nauts Pirenèus / Hauts Pirenèus; Altos Pirineos; Alts Pirineus) is a department in southwestern France.

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Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park

Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (Parque nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido) is an IUCN Category II National Park situated in the Pyrenees of Huesca province, Aragon, Spain.

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Pyrenees

The Pyrenees (Pirineos, Pyrénées, Pirineus, Pirineus, Pirenèus, Pirinioak) is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between Spain and France.

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Roland

Roland (Frankish: *Hrōþiland; Latin: Hruodlandus, Rotholandus; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Breca Roldan, Breca Roldán, Brecha de Rolando, Brecha de Roldan, Brecha de Roldán, Breche de Roland, Breche-de-Roland, Brèche de Roland, La Breche de Roland, La Brèche de Roland.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland's_Breach

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