| a waterfall in SW France, in the Pyrenees. 1384 ft. (422 m) high. |
Ga·var·nie  (gāv'ər-nē', gä-vär-) A waterfall, about 422 m (1,384 ft) high, of southwest France in the Pyrenees south of Lourdes. Nearby is the Cirque de Gavarnie, a vast natural amphitheater with steep walls up to 1,708 m (5,600 ft) high. |
Gavarnie
mountain village and valley on the approach to the natural amphitheatre known as the Cirque de Gavarnie, in Hautes-Pyrenees departement, Midi-Pyrenees region, southwestern France. Gavarnie lies in the central Pyrenees, on the French side of the Franco-Spanish frontier. The village, at an elevation of 4,452 feet (1,357 m) in the valley of the Gave (torrent) de Pau, was a resting place in medieval times for pilgrims traveling to Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain, which is one of the chief shrines of Christendom.
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