Tag: France
The abolition of Basque freedoms in the Northern Basque Country, a...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
Talitha Ilacqua is a specialist in Basque and French history, and a doctoral candidate at King’s College in...
French public television pays homage to Eresoinka this Sunday
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How excited are we! This is a year of commemorations. Most of them are due to the disasters...
Le Figaro: “to play in Athletic, all you need is a...
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Our regular readers will know that we don’t usually talk about soccer. There are four reasons why:
We...
Discovered in the British Admiralty: 50 letters in Basque dated 1757
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In this case, we’re going to make an exception to our general rule of not making reference to...
“The Basques: A Disappearing People” Élisée Reclus (1867)
Élisée Reclus was a French geographer and an anarchist member of the First International. A tireless traveler, he is the creator of Social Geography,...
‘Pelotaris’ in the Republic of Togo, and a Pelotari Club in...
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We've come across a small article with two photos about the development of Basque pilota in some towns in...
The color “Basque red” also exists in the English-speaking world
There's also a shade of red in the US and Great Britain with the same name, just translated into English: "Basque red"
Maurice Ravel, the Basque musician who composed Basque music, and who...
Maurice Ravel was a Basque musician, not only because he was born in the Basque Country, but because he felt that way
Noble, socialist, republican, Allied spy: Carmen Gurtubay y Alzola, a Basque...
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Some time ago, we wrote about the amazing article in a 1968 issue of National Geographic on the...
A “Welsh Potato” helps the Basques during the Civil War
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We recently found a story in The Telegraph that seemed perfectly timed this year to celebrate the 75th...