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Ledger AOD.EU.SAINT-LARY.V00
Saint-Lary-Soulan - France - panoramio
Saint-Lary-Soulan - France. 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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- Saint-Lary-Soulan - France
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Saint-Lary-Soulan
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Saint-Lary-Soulan.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Saint-Lary-Soulan is a commune of Southwestern France, located in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitania.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Saint-Lary-Soulan before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Saint-Lary-Soulan
The surviving overview does not identify one decisive access date for Saint-Lary-Soulan.
This edition therefore leaves that date open rather than turning gradual change into a false single event.
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Open ledger · AOD.EU.SAINT-LARY.V01 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.SAINT-LARY.V01
Ledger AOD.EU.SAINT-LARY.V01
The Pyrenees mountains in December
The Pyrenees mountains in December. 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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- The Pyrenees mountains in December
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
2022
Winter becomes organised
The Tour de France frequently runs through Saint-Lary-Soulan, most recently in 2022 and is close to a number of mountain climbs used on the tour including the ski resort Pla d'Adet, the Col d'Aspin, the Col de Peyresourde and the Col du Tourmalet.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Saint-Lary-Soulan is recorded at 42.811° N, 0.319° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,400 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.SAINT-LARY.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.SAINT-LARY.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.SAINT-LARY.V00
Saint-Lary-Soulan - France - panoramio
Saint-Lary-Soulan - France. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Saint-Lary-Soulan - France
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
TODAY
Saint-Lary-Soulan now
Saint-Lary-Soulan is one of the largest ski resorts in the French Pyrenees with over 100 km of downhill slopes.
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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
Saint-Lary-Soulan - France - panoramio
AOD.EU.SAINT-LARY.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Pyrenees mountains in December
AOD.EU.SAINT-LARY.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Saint-Lary-Soulan overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.