Английская Википедия:Canigou
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The Canigó (Шаблон:Lang-ca, Шаблон:Lang-fr Шаблон:IPA-fr; Шаблон:Lang-la) is a mountain located in the Pyrenees of southern France.
The Canigó is located less than Шаблон:Convert from the sea and has an elevation of Шаблон:Convert. Due to its sharp flanks and its dramatic location near the coast, until the 18th century the Canigou was believed to be the highest mountain in the Pyrenees.[1]
Being between south and Northern Catalonia, the mountain has a historical symbolical significance for Catalan people.[2]
It is visible from Marseille on the 8th February and 31st October
Geography
The Canigó is located in Pyrénées-Orientales, south of Prades and north of Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste. Its summit lies on the border between two communes: Vernet-les-Bains and Taurinya (although the territories of two other communes - Casteil and Valmanya - approach quite closely to the summit).[3] Its location makes it visible from the plains of Roussillon and from Conflent in France, and as well from Empordà in Spain.[4]
Twice a year, in early February and at the end of October, with good weather, the Canigó can be seen at sunset from as far as Marseille, Шаблон:Cvt away, by refraction of light.[5] This phenomenon was observed in 1808 by baron Franz Xaver von Zach from the Notre-Dame de la Garde basilica in Marseille.[6] All year long, it can also be seen, with good weather, from Agde, Port-Camargue and the Montagne Noire.
Trekking and sightseeing
Jeep tracks on the north side of the massif lead to the Chalet des Cortalets (at 2150 m) which is a popular outpost with walkers.
There are two ancient monasteries at the foot of the mountain, Martin-du-Canigou and Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa.
Canigó Flame
The mountain has symbolical significance for Catalan people. On its summit stands a cross that is often decorated with the Catalan flag.[7] Every year on 23 June, the night before St. John's day (nit de Sant Joan), there is a ceremony called Flama del Canigó. French Catalans carry a flaming torch from Perpignan to the cross and the Catalonian flag on top of the mountain, and people light bonfires throughout the area.[8]
Literature
The Canigó inspired the epic poem "Canigó"[9] by Catalan poet Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló. In these verses Verdaguer compares the snowy mountain to a Magnolia flower (pages 27–28):
While he was staying in Vernet-les-Bains in 1911, Kipling wrote about Canigou. In a letter to the Club Alpin, he praised it as a "magician among mountains".
Kipling also wrote a light-hearted short story entitled Why Snow Falls at Vernet. It makes fun of the English habit of always talking about the weather.[10]
See also
Notes
References
External links
- Canigo.cat Шаблон:Webarchive All information about the Canigou massif: nature, culture and itineraries (in Catalan)
Шаблон:Visitor attractions in Pyrénées-Orientales Шаблон:Authority control
- ↑ Histoire du Roussillon - Le relief des Pyrénées-Orientales
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Pierre Bousigue, Canigou - de l'ombre à la lumière, 2019, p118
- ↑ Guide du Roussillon et de l'Andorre : touristique, historique, social, économique, Perpignan, Sud Roussillon, 1968, 286 p.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:66 PHPC
- ↑ Pyrénées Team - Croix du Canigó
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
