Gavarnie
Americannoun
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To the north, across the French border is Gavarnie, another magnificent waterfall.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2019
I have wandered in many lands, and seen much mountain-scenery; but I think I never beheld any that approaches the beauty and sublimity of the road to Gavarnie.
From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart
The trip to Gavarnie can thus be readily made during a day, and it is indisputably one of the finest mountain sights in Europe.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa
What does the best beauty of Claude, the grandest sublimity of Salvator, the greatest power of Poussin, look beside Nature when she reigns as she reigns at Gavarnie?
From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida
In ordinary weather the gave of Gavarnie makes such a noise down there in that gorge, you can't hear your own voice even if you yell.
From Rough-Hewn by Canfield, Dorothy
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