#monteynard

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Barrage de Monteynard.

Sur le Drac.

Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France - (06/2019).

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Gorgeous view of Lac du Monteynard from the Belvedere du Petit Train de la Mure.

With in the background Mont Aiguille on the left and Les 2 sœurs (Agathe & Sophie) on the right.

Mont Aiguille is one of the 7 one of the 7 wonders of Dauphiné. Reputedly inaccessible, it was climbed by order of King Charles VIll on June 26, 1492. Antoine de Ville took possession of it, with the help of ladders, accomplishing the first duly identified act of mountaineering.

Les 2 sœurs (The 2 Sisters) have been called Agathe and Sophie since World War Il. Long before Rabelais, legend has it that the giant Gargantua put one foot next to them and the other behind the Mont Aiguille to dig the Drac valley and drink the waters of the torrent.

The Monteynard dam is one of the 4 large dams in the Drac valley and is the most impressive. Commissioned in 1962, the 135m-high "Giant of the Drac" is one of the highest monuments in France. it produces the equivalent of half of Lille's residential consumption.