Landes forest
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The Landes forest in the Landes de Gascogne, in the historic Gascony natural region of southwestern France now known as Aquitaine, is the largest man-made woodland in Western Europe. The French word l
A stand of Pinus pinaster
Jean-Louis Gintrac (1808–1886), Inhabitants of the Landes, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux; first half 19th century; oil on canvas; 32x46 cm.
Landes (department)
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Landes is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Southwestern France, with a long coastline on the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It also borders Gers to the east, Pyrénées-Atlantiques to the sou
Landes forest
…Irish lann, Welsh llan (“enclosure”). The forest (also known as the 'moors of Gascony', and formerly, the 'moors of Bordeaux') covers a large portion of Landes and Gironde, two of the departments of France; it also spills over into parts of the Lot-et-Garonne department. The sources of several rivers can be…
Prefecture building in Mont-de-Marsan
A view of Soorts-Hossegor
The Landes forest in Contis
The Lake of Biscarrosse