The Great Via Ferrata Fistoire is situated in the Alpes de Haute Provence in the town of Cairo, 25 km north of Sisteron, 1 hour and 30 minutes north from Marseille. This via ferrata is open all year. This track has been operating only since 1996. The route requires about 4 hours to complete with multiple bridges, expanses of steel cable and permanent steps aiding the hikers endeavoring to reach the summit 300 meters above the trailhead affording expansive picturesque views of the valley below.

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Mecca is a city in the Hejaz and the capital of Makkah province in Saudi Arabia. The Kaaba is a small building and the holiest site in Islam located within the courtyard of al-Haram Mosque in Mecca. The Haram Mosque was built around it. All Muslims, wherever they are on Earth, pray five times a day in the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca. They must make a pilgrimage to Mecca, called The Hajj, at least once in their lives.

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