The Boulevard des Pyrénées is a boulevard

Boulevard

A Boulevard is type of road, usually a wide, multi-lane arterial thoroughfare, divided with a median down the centre, and roadways along each side designed as slow travel and parking lanes and for bicycle and pedestrian usage, often with an above-average quality of landscaping and scenery...

 in the town of Pau in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Pyrénées-Atlantiques is a department in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.- History :...

 département of south-west France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. With buildings on its northern side only, and a terrace overlooking the valley of the Gave de Pau

Gave de Pau

The Gave de Pau is a river of south-western France and a left tributary of the Adour. It takes its name from the city Pau, through which it flows. The river is in length, and its source is at the Cirque de Gavarnie in the Pyrenees mountains....

 to its south, the boulevard is notable for its panoramic view of the peaks of the Pyrenees

Pyrenees

The Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain...

 some 50 km to the south.

The boulevard was created at the suggestion of Napoleon I

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...

, and overlooks terraced gardens cascading down the valley side. In clear weather, especially early morning or late evening and in winter, the view stretches from the Pic du Midi de Bigorre

Pic du Midi de Bigorre

The Pic du Midi de Bigorre or simply Pic du Midi is a mountain in the French Pyrenees famous for its astronomical observatory, the Observatoire du Pic du Midi de Bigorre , part of the Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées .-Pic du Midi Observatory:Construction of the observatory began in 1878 under the...

 to the Pic d'Anie

Pic d'Anie

Pic d'Anie is a peak of the Pyrenees of France, it is high and it is located very close to the border with Spain.Surrounding the almost perfectly pyramidal Pic d'Anie is the spectacular karst landscape of Larra, in the Larra-Belagua massif .The three main access ways to the peak are: Belagua in...

, with the Pic du Midi d'Ossau

Pic du Midi d'Ossau

The Pic du Midi d'Ossau is a mountain rising above the Ossau Valley in the French Pyrenees. Despite possessing neither a glacier nor, in the context of the range, a particularly high summit, its distinctive shape makes it a symbol of the French side of the Pyrenees...

 standing out in the background. Along the railings on the terrace side of the boulevard are plaques pointing out and describing each mountain.

The boulevard runs for some three-quarters of a kilometer, linking the Parc du Beaumont to the Château de Pau

Château de Pau

The Château de Pau is a castle in the centre of Pau, the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Béarn. King Henry IV of France and Navarre was born here on December 13, 1553....

 and forming the southern edge of the town centre. From its centre, adjacent to the Place Royale, the Funiculaire de Pau

Funiculaire de Pau

The Funiculaire de Pau, or Pau Funicular, is a funicular railway in the city of Pau in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southwestern France. It links the Boulevard des Pyrénées, on the level of the city centre and the Château de Pau, to Pau railway station in the valley of the Gave de Pau...

 descends to the valley bottom, linking the town centre to Pau railway station

Gare de Pau

Pau is a railway station in Pau, Aquitaine, France. The station is located on the Toulouse - Bayonne and Pau - Canfranc railway lines. The station is served by TGV , Lunéa , Intercités and TER services operated by the SNCF.-Train Services:The following services currently call at Pau:*intercity...

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