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    located on a hilltop above Le Perthus. Le Perthus Pyramid was erected near the motorway in the mid-1970s. Col du Perthus Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales...
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    Le Perthus Pyramid (French: la pyramide du Perthus), also referred to as Marca Hispanica and locally as Bofill's Pyramid, is a work of landscape architecture...
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    the historical region of Vallespir. Its contiguous French twin town, Le Perthus (a municipality in the Pyrénées-Orientales department), is situated in...
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    to name a narrow passage, a pass. The Col du Perthus is therefore a pleonastic toponym, the name of Perthus appropriate to the village. Pertusium is also...
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  • French TGV. The tunnel is named after the nearby border town of Le Perthus. The Perthus Tunnel was built between July 2005 and February 2009, and it first...
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    fortification located above the town of Le Perthus, in the Pyrénées-Orientales département of southern France. Le Perthus became French territory after the...
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    Landau, Le Palais (Belle-Île), La Rochelle, Le Quesnoy, Lille, Lusignan, Le Perthus (Fort de Bellegarde), Luxembourg City, Maastricht, Maubeuge, Metz, Mont-Dauphin...
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    with Northern Catalonia, nowadays France, opposite the municipality of Le Perthus. The area has always been an important passage through the Pyrenees. The...
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    Spain Flag of Valencia Pennon of the Conquest Coat of arms of Andorra Le Perthus Pyramid Presidencia del gobierno. "The coat of arms". "Palos de Aragón"...
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    about 1.6 million. The human chain followed the ancient Via Augusta, from Le Perthus (France, Vallespir) up to Alcanar (Spain, Montsià). According to Carme...
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    persisted.[citation needed] On 2 August 1940, several ministers conferred in Le Perthus in France near the Spanish border. Prime Minister Pierlot and Foreign...
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    Jonquera)- Le Perthus Perpignan-Barcelona high-speed rail line Els Límits (La Jonquera)- Le Perthus  N-II  -  N9  Els Límits (La Jonquera)- Le Perthus  AP-7 ...
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    named Port d'Avall (in French known as Le Faubourg) and the upstream port, Port d'Amunt (in French known as Le Mouré).[citation needed] Collioure was...
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    Ivangorod–Narva Russia–Estonia 69,000 Komárno–Komárom Slovakia–Hungary 56,000 Le Perthus–Els Límits France–Spain 700 Basque Eurocity Bayonne-San Sebastián France–Spain...
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    before being sold to the French army and going back to France through Le Perthus. Known as French Cerdagne (Catalan: Alta Cerdanya), it is part of the...
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    French intentions. The main Spanish communications ran from Le Boulou through the Pass of Le Perthus at 300 metres (984 ft) altitude near the Fort de Bellegarde...
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    Port-Vendres (Portus Veneris) Banyuls Inland Route Montescot Le Boulou Les Cluses (Clausurae) Le Perthus (Col de Panissars), at the Trophy of Pompey Rejoins at:...
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    for "perpignan centre of the world"). Le Castillet Bridge over the Basse Mermaids fountain City centre Cinéma Le Castillet Château Roussillon: tower of...
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    Wars. Fort de Bellegarde is on a height overlooking the border town of Le Perthus, which lies on the modern A9 autoroute and Autovía A-7. King Louis XIV...
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    environment for large-scale experimentation, including Les Espaces d'Abraxas in Marne-la-Vallée and Les Arcades du Lac in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. This phase...
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    1988 Agricultural Village Houari Boumédienne, Algeria. Completed 1980 Le Perthus Pyramid, Spanish-French border. Completed 1976 T1 at Barcelona Airport...
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    Nord Fort Barraux, Isère Fort de La Prée, Ile de Ré Fort de Bellegarde, Le Perthus Fort of Mont Alban, Nice Fort Carré, Antibes, French riviera Fort Legarde...
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    Le Barcarès (French pronunciation: [lə baʁkaʁɛs] ; Catalan: El Barcarès) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France bordering...
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    purchasers buying tobacco and alcohol in Spanish border towns such as Le Perthus. In Spain, these products are a third cheaper than in France. During summer...
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    from the border with Spain over the Panissars pass over the Pyrenees at Le Perthus and departs at Menton on the border with Italy. In doing so, it passes...
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    Vernet-les-Bains (French pronunciation: [vɛʁnɛ le bɛ̃] ; Catalan: Vernet) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It is...
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    Le Soler (French pronunciation: [lə sɔle] ; Catalan: El Soler) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Le Soler is located...
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  • Fernmeldeturm Koblenz near Koblenz in Germany. El Parque de la Marca Hispanica, Le Perthus, on the French/Spanish border, designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura...
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    Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Llo is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. As of 2017, Llo's...
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  • stopped by the Mayor of Paris and eventually demolished in 1979. Le Perthus Pyramid, Le Perthus, Spanish-French border (completed 1976): Monumental sculpture...
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