Roncesvalles
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Roncesvalles (French: Roncevaux, Basque: Orreaga) is a small village and municipality of northern Spain (Navarre Cities), in the province of Navarre; situated on the small river Urrobi, at an altitude of 2,950 ft. among the Pyrenees, and within five miles of the French frontier. Population (2002) 27. Location: .
Roncesvalles is famous in history and legend for the defeat of Charlemagne and the death of Roland in 778, during the battle of Roncevaux Pass, when nearly the whole army of Charlemagne was destroyed by Basque tribes.
The small collegiate church contains several curious relics associated with Roland, and is a favorite place of Catholic pilgrimage along the Way of St. James. The battle is said to have been fought in the picturesque valley known as Valcarlos, which is now occupied by a hamlet bearing the same name, and in the adjoining pass of Ibañeta (Roncevaux Pass). Both of these are traversed by the main road leading north from Roncesvalles to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, in the French Basque Country.
External links
- [ORREAGA / RONCESVALLES in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)] ()
References
Roncesvalles Avenue is a street west of downtown Toronto, with a large Polish population, co-existing with a socialist artsy culture.
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