| PIERRE-SAINT-MARTIN - A famous abyss near Sainte-Engrāce,
first explored from 1908 by Edouard Martel, then (in 1934 and 1952)
by the team of Dr. Cosyns, who spent a long time in Soule. It is said
to be 1,358 m deep, and one of its caverns (the "Verna" hall, 728
m below ground level) is supposed to be the largest underground cavern
in the world. A tunnel known as the "EDF [Electricity Board] gallery"
was dug out under the Arpidia canyon in order to reach it, but as
this access is tricky to follow it is strictly controlled. |
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