. Europe and other continents . Fig. 154. FRANCE 223 range from six thousand to ten thousand feet in height— separate France from Spain; and notice what a barrierthe lofty Alps form along the Italian and Swiss bounda-ries. Even north of the Alps, a part of the boundary isformed by high-lands. While theinhabitants werethus protectedfrom invasion,there were fewbarriers withinFrance itself thatkept them was not diffi-cult, therefore, tobring them underone rule. Monaco in thesoutheast, and An-dorra in the Pyre-nees (p. 240), arethe only excep-tions. The princi-pality of Monaco,only eight
. Europe and other continents . Fig. 154. FRANCE 223 range from six thousand to ten thousand feet in height— separate France from Spain; and notice what a barrierthe lofty Alps form along the Italian and Swiss bounda-ries. Even north of the Alps, a part of the boundary isformed by high-lands. While theinhabitants werethus protectedfrom invasion,there were fewbarriers withinFrance itself thatkept them was not diffi-cult, therefore, tobring them underone rule. Monaco in thesoutheast, and An-dorra in the Pyre-nees (p. 240), arethe only excep-tions. The princi-pality of Monaco,only eight squaremiles in area, isa noted winter re-sort because of the fine climate. Its revenue is obtained from the gambling tablesat Monte Carlo. Owing partly to the close union of the people, Francehas at several periods approached first rank amongEuropean nations. Indeed, at the beginning of the last. Fig. view in central southern France (Monts dAu-vergne on the map). This is a region of extinctvolcanoes (Fig. 158), and the church is built upona steep lava hill. 224 EUROPE century, under the lead of Napoleon Bonaparte, she wasbeyond question the most powerful of them all. Justprevious to that time the people had developed such ahatred of monarchy that they rose in a mass, overturnedthe government, and formed a republic. There have beennumerous changes since then, including a period whenNapoleon himself was Emperor ; but in 1871 a republicangovernment, somewhat like that of the United States,
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