Pyrenees : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Pyrenees / AndyRobertsMusicIOW
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| 説明 | Roldan Monolith in Ibañeta Turismo de NavarraLittle is known about the Battle of Roncesvalles, fought in 778, in which the rearguard of Charlemagne's army was attacked and decimated by the Basques as it crossed the Ibañeta Pass. Nonetheless, the battle is one of the most famous of the early Middle Ages, owing to the work of the poet who immortalized it in the Chanson de Roland. The poem's central character is Roland, commander of the rearguard, who too late sounds his horn to summon help from the main body of the army, a tragic delay that leads to the massacre of the elite of Charlemagne's knights. For his part in the tale roland has passed into the Pyrenees folklore, In the centrel Pyrenees, the Breche d eRoland is said to have been formed when the hero, after a struggle with the Moors, found himself in a tight corner, and slashed a hole through the mountains with his sword, Durandal. Nearly ten kilometres down the valley is a rock said to bear the hoof prints of his horse, as it leapt down from the newly-made hole in the ridge. At the battle of Roncesvalles, legend has it, Roland, overcome by the enemy, flung his sword in the air. The spot where it landed is still proudly marked.www.pyreneesguide.com/articles.asp?cID=56&sID=333&... |
| 撮影日 | 2008-03-02 16:18:23 |
| 撮影者 | AndyRobertsMusicIOW , Isle of Wight, England |
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