SAINT-JEAN-LE-VIEUX, PYRéNéES-ATLANTIQUES


'Saint-Jean-le-Vieux' (Basque: ''Donazaharre'') is a commune in the traditional Basque province of Basse-Navarre, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques ''département'', Aquitaine ''région'', south west France.

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History


The town of Saint-Jean-le-Vieux was razed to the ground in 1177 by the troops of Richard the Lionheart after a siege. The Kings of Navarre refounded the town at nearby Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port as the regional capital shortly afterwards. Saint-Jean-le-Vieux was also resettled.

External links



★ DONAZAHARRE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)

★ Public school (in French)

★ Lake of Harrieta (in French)

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