La Brèche de Roland
| Roland's Breach | |
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| La Brèche de Roland | |
Roland's Breach as seen from the French side.
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| Elevation | 2,804 m (9,199 ft) |
| Traversed by | foot |
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Hautes-Pyrénées, France Aragón, Spain |
| Range | Pyrenees |
| Coordinates | 42°41′27″N 00°02′01″W / 42.69083°N 0.03361°WCoordinates: 42°41′27″N 00°02′01″W / 42.69083°N 0.03361°W |
 Brecha de Rolando
Location of Roland's Breach
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Roland's Breach (French: La Brèche de Roland; Spanish: La Brecha de Rolando; Aragonese: La Breca de Roldán; Basque: Errolanen Arraila; Catalan: La Bretxa de Rotllà; German: Rolandsbresche) is the name of a natural gap, 40 m across and 100 m high, at an elevation of 2804 m in the Pyrenees on the border of Aragón, northern Spain, and Hautes-Pyrénées, France.
The gap is situated in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park on the Franco-Spanish border, close to the steep cliffs of the Cirque de Gavarnie.
According to legend Roland's Breach was cut by Count Roland with his sword Durendal in an attempt to destroy the sword, after being defeated during the Battle of Roncesvalles in 778.
The gap can be reached from the Refugio Sarradets, a nearby mountain shelter, in about an hour's climb.
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