The Giant of Tourmalet
The Giant of Tourmalet, frequently nicknamed Octave in honor of Octave Lapize, the first rider to cross the Col du Tourmalet in the Tour in 1910, is a monumental sculpture created by Jean-Bernard Métais and installed for part of the year at the Col du Tourmalet in France.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Adolfobrigido, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: sculpture by Jean-Bernard Métais
- Also known as: “Le Géant”, “Mémorial Octave Lapize”, and “Octave”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Col du Tourmalet and Pic du Midi de Bigorre.
Col du Tourmalet
Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Col du Tourmalet is one of the highest paved mountain passes in the French Pyrenees, in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées. Sainte-Marie-de-Campan is at the foot on the eastern side and the ski station La Mongie two-thirds of the way up.
Pic du Midi de Bigorre
Peak
Photo: Nathan Hamblen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pic du Midi de Bigorre or simply the Pic du Midi is a mountain in the French Pyrenees. It is the site of the Pic du Midi Observatory. Pic du Midi de Bigorre is situated 3 km north of The Giant of Tourmalet.
Chapelle Notre-Dame de La Mongie
Church
Photo: Sotos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapelle Notre-Dame de La Mongie is a church, which is situated 2½ km east of The Giant of Tourmalet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Artigues and Barèges.
Artigues
Locality
Photo: Etienne Baudon, Public domain.
Artigues is a locality, which is situated 5 km northeast of The Giant of Tourmalet.
Barèges
Village
Photo: Ottaviani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barèges is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, administrative region of Occitania, southwestern France. It is situated in the valley of the Bastan on the former Route nationale 618 on the western side of the Col du Tourmalet. Barèges is situated 7 km west of The Giant of Tourmalet.
Sers
Village
Photo: Ottaviani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sers is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. Sers is situated 9 km west of The Giant of Tourmalet.
The Giant of Tourmalet
- Categories: sculpture and historic site
- Location: Barèges, Arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude
42.90822° or 42° 54′ 30″ northLongitude
0.14493° or 0° 8′ 42″ eastInception
1996Open location code
8FJ2W45V+7XOpenStreetMap ID
node 1836590156OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q17275677
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In Other Languages
From French to Luxembourgish—“The Giant of Tourmalet” goes by many names.
- French: “Le Géant”
- German: “Géant du Tourmalet”
- Luxembourgish: “Géant du Tourmalet”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bareges-tourmalet and Grand Tourmalet.
Nearby Places
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “The Giant of Tourmalet”. Photo: Adolfobrigido, CC BY-SA 3.0.