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🚂 The Fontille Tunnel is a railway structure
DiscoverPlaces to seeFranceNew AquitaineBrive-La-GaillardeChasteaux
🚂 The Fontille Tunnel is a railway structure
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🚂 The Fontille Tunnel is a railway structure
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Pierre-francois
August 18, 2025
Hiking
While digging the tunnel, workers pierced a natural pocket of water with no outlet. This caused sudden flooding of the construction site, forcing the workers to flee. Once the water was drained, they discovered a cave decorated with stalactites in the tunnel vault. Unfortunately, this cave was ransacked by locals who salvaged the concretions to build an altar that was visible for a long time in the church of the nearby village of Larche.
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Elevation 290 m
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