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Aurignac and the Comminges in the Haute-Garonne
Observation Platform to the Pyrenees


Irrespective of the dinosaur remains discovered in the vicinity, the monumental discovery of a lower human jaw attests to an uninterrupted occupation of the region for 350,000 years. The caves and rock shelters of the ravine of La Save that were populated into the Middle Ages have furnished among other things the famous 22,000 year old female figure »Venus« of Lespugue. The Roman province center Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges distinguishes itself by the numerous well preserved Roman villas that mark the plains, for example in Montmaurin. Finally, historically important castles adorn the summits of the hills, and like Aurignac, Montespan or Lespugue are witnesses to history in landscape form with a fascinating and beautiful view to the Pyrenees.
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