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Camino Frances
Roncesvalles
photo taken January 8, 2010
An ethereal winter landscape was
my aesthetic reward after another solo trek through wind, ice, and snow up the Valcarlos alternate and route N135.
the source of this map is the
Napoleon series
The present Napoleon route OVER the Pyrenees mountains to Roncesvalles dates from the French battles of 1813; when it was actually named the Napoleon route I do not know.
Although Napoleon Bonaparte...
Camino Frances
Burguete
photo taken October l6, 2015
At the curve in this mid morning view of the CF/route N 135 a hidden turn to the right continued onto a more pastoral CF path.
Estaing to Espeyrac, 21st, April, 2024, Day 9, Via Podiensis. First half of today’s walk to Campuac on the GR 6 option was constantly up and up with only the occasional descent, the second part was quite peaceful and gentler. We saw no other...
Camino Frances
near Roncesvalles/Valcarlos
19th c. print copied from the
Roncesvalles monastery web
This print depicts Charlemagne mounted finding Rodan/Roland dead August 778 near Roncesvalles on what will be later known as the Valcarlos...
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