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Tarbes

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Tarbes is a French city, in the département of Hautes-Pyrénées, of which it is the préfecture. To the south of Tarbes is the pilgrimage town of Lourdes and then the border with Spain.

Tarbes, Musée des Beaux-Arts

The 2001 Tour de France passed through Tarbes as part of its route.

Tarbes was the birthplace of Ferdinand Foch, the commander-in-chief of Allied forces in World War I.

See also: Tarbes Salad.

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