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Ledger AOD.EU.BAQUEIRA-BERET.V00
Forfet visible codi de barres BB
Ski lift ticket for the Baqueira-Beret ski resort in the Pyrenees Mountains, Spain. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Ski lift ticket for the Baqueira-Beret ski resort in the Pyrenees Mountains, Spain
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Baqueira-Beret
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Baqueira-Beret.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Baqueira-Beret is a ski resort located in the heart of the Pyrenees, in the Aran and Àneu Valleys in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, with the nearest airport located in Toulouse, France, approximately two hours' drive by automobile.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
Much of the region of the Aran Valley and Àneu Valley is made up of over 50 small rural populations, each one with stone and wood houses and ancient Romanesque churches.
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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Baqueira-Beret
Almost all of the resort's 35 lifts are modern and of high capacity, and consist of: 1 gondola lift.
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Pla de Beret a l'estiu
Summer image of the Pla de beret and the Baqueira ski resort. Plenty of horses around. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Summer image of the Pla de beret and the Baqueira ski resort. Plenty of horses around
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
ORGANISED SPORT
Winter becomes organised
Popular amongst the royal family and the affluent Spanish and French, The Telegraph asks if Baqueira could be "the world's finest ski resort?".
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Baqueira-Beret is recorded at 42.694° N, 0.954° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,510 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Open ledger · AOD.EU.BAQUEIRA-BERET.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.BAQUEIRA-BERET.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.BAQUEIRA-BERET.V00
Forfet visible codi de barres BB
Ski lift ticket for the Baqueira-Beret ski resort in the Pyrenees Mountains, Spain. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Ski lift ticket for the Baqueira-Beret ski resort in the Pyrenees Mountains, Spain
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Baqueira-Beret now
Baqueira-Beret is the largest and most visited winter resort in Spain, with 161 kilometres (100 mi) of marked pistes, 7 kilometres (4 mi) of marked off-piste, and 7 kilometres (4 mi) of cross-country ski and 2,166 hectares (5,350 acres) of ski area.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Forfet visible codi de barres BB
AOD.EU.BAQUEIRA-BERET.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pla de Beret a l'estiu
AOD.EU.BAQUEIRA-BERET.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Baqueira-Beret overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.