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the wall between iberia and everywhere else, and spain likes it that way.
means a mountain range forming the natural border between spain and france, stretching from the atlantic to the mediterranean.
from named for pyrene, a mythical princess ravaged by hercules and buried under the peaks in greek legend, though the romans just called them a border and moved on.
lengthroughly 491 km coast to coast
tiny countryandorra sits entirely inside the range
highest peakaneto, 3404 meters, glacier included
napoleon's linetreaty of the pyrenees, 1659, redrew borders
for instance
aneto — tallest peak in the range, 3404 meters, spain
andorra — microstate wedged between france and spain, since 1278
camino de santiago — pilgrim routes cross the range toward compostela
circo de gredos — often confused for pyrenean cirques, actually a separate range nearby