Gorges du Tarn - Canyon in Tarn River, France

GORGES DU TARN - CANYON IN TARN RIVER, FRANCE

Gorges du Tarn is a canyon formed by the Tarn River between the Causse Méjean and the Causse de Sauveterre, in southern France.


Gorges du Tarn et les Gorges de la Jonte


The canyon, mainly located in the Lozère département, and partially in the Aveyron département, is about 53 kilometres (33 mi)-long (from the village of Quézac to Le Rozier.

Gorges Du Tarn


Geography: The architecture of the gorges is relatively simple, with mesozoic limestone plateaux downstream presenting sub-vertical cliffs, though faults like the Hauterive Fault upstream explain the important water sources in the region of Saint-Enimie (the Burle source and the Coussac source, the latter joining the Tarn in an impressive waterfall), and the more complex geology.

In the quaternary, the gorges were also affected by a volcanic activity whose traces can be found in the Sauveterre Causse, in the form of a double volcanic dip, and in the basaltic rocks next to Eglanzines. The climate is mediterranean, with relatively mild winters and very warm summers.

France - Gorges du Tarn, Languedoc-Roussillon: October 2010


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Albi and its Cathedral, dedicated to Saint-Cecilia. A unique red-brick fortified cathedral, renowned worldwide for its ornamented stone roodscreen. Together with the Berbie palace, a former bishops’ estate now home to the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum, it is the core of the Vieil-Alby, the ancient centre of the city, with its half-timbered and corbelled houses, that has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2010.

Albi - Sur les Rives du Tarn


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Architecture: Many castles have been built along the Gorges, most of them dating back to the Middle-Age, such as those of Castelbouc, La Caze, Hauterives, La Malène or Saint-Rome-de-Dolan

Gorges du Tarn


The peninsula of Ambialet, with a view on the Tarn River from the Priory.
Cagnac-les-Mines, its Mining Museum and the amusement park Cap découverte, located in a former open-sky mine.

Castres and its houses on the Agoût River, the Goya Museum and Jean Jaures Museum.
Carmaux and its Glass Museum, in an old chapel transformed into a workshop, with demonstrations on site. Wikipedia

OTHER VIDEOS:
L'Agout (Tarn 81)
THE ART OF TARN, GOPRO HD

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