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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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