Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
This outstanding mountain landscape, which spans
the contemporary national borders of France and Spain, is centred around
the peak of Mount Perdu, a calcareous massif that rises to 3,352 m. The
site, with a total area of 30,639 ha, includes two of Europe's largest
and deepest canyons on the Spanish side and three major cirque walls on
the more abrupt northern slopes with France, classic presentations of
these geological landforms. The site is also a pastoral landscape
reflecting an agricultural way of life that was once widespread in the
upland regions of Europe but now survives only in this part of the
Pyrénées. Thus it provides exceptional insights into past European
society through its landscape of villages, farms, fields, upland
pastures and mountain roads.