The surrounding hills are not high enough to keep out the Tramontane ( " Tramontana " in Catalan ), which has shaped the rocks and bent the trees over until the branches almost touch the ground.
12.
A fleur-de-lis figure, evolved from the initial "'T "'in the north wind's name " Tramontane ", is sometimes used to indicate the north direction.
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The " "'tramontane " "'in France is a strong, dry cold wind from the north ( on the Mediterranean ) or from the northwest ( in lower Languedoc, Roussillon, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands ).
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It is similar to the mistral in its causes and effects, but it follows a different corridor; the tramontane accelerates as it passes between the Pyrenees and the Massif Central, while the mistral flows down the Rhone Valley between the Alps and the Massif Central.
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In the Languedoc area, where the tramontane is the strongest wind, the mistral and the tramontane blow together onto the Gulf of Lion and the northwest of the western Mediterranean, and can be felt to the east of the Balearic Islands, in Sardinia, and sometimes as far as the coast of Africa.
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In the Languedoc area, where the tramontane is the strongest wind, the mistral and the tramontane blow together onto the Gulf of Lion and the northwest of the western Mediterranean, and can be felt to the east of the Balearic Islands, in Sardinia, and sometimes as far as the coast of Africa.
17.
Directed by Stanley Tong; written ( in English, with some dubbed Cantonese ) by Stanley Tong, Nick Tramontane, Greg Mellott and Elliot Tong; director of photography, Jingle Ma; edited by Peter Cheung and Chi Wai Yau; music by J . Peter Robinson; production designer, Oliver Wong; produced by Barbie Tung; released by New Line Cinema.
18.
A broadcast discussion, entitled " Fran�ois Brousse, l'Alchimiste du R�ve " ( Fran�ois Brousse, the Alchemist of Dreams ), dedicated to the poet's last book accompanied the study exalting the complete works of Brousse ( J . D ., magazine " Tramontane ", Perpignan, No . 370, July August 1954 ).
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As has already been mentioned, the different structures that can be seen at both sides of the port of Sanitja discern the importance of the place, which is attested by its stratigraphy, since it presents the ideal conditions for the entrance and anchorage of vessels, as well as being a good place for protection in bad weather conditions, such as when the northern wind ( tramontane ) blows.
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The muddy boots of Jackson's followers spoiled the carpets at the post-inaugural party, and his opponents derided him as " some kind of border savage, " in the words of Arthur M . Schlesinger Jr . But he proved them wrong, taking a new, more aggressive style of leadership to Washington and blazing a path for a fresh tramontane dynasty that included James K . Polk and Abraham Lincoln, a Kentuckian before he moved to Illinois.
