Tag: history
The North Atlantic, the “Sea of the Basques”, and we didn’t...
They say that a people who forget their history are condemned to repeat it. We imagine that this sentence refers to negative aspects, because...
The British San Sebastian, 1921 (photos)
The Britain from Above website is a project which is trying to preserve 95,000 of the oldest and most valuable photos in the Aerofilms...
The plaques designating Red Bay as a World Heritage Site are...
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There are matters where we get the impression that either we're obsessed or we have a completely different...
Was Alavan Ignacio Arana the first European surfer?
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A while back, we spoke to you about Ignacio de Arana, the Basque diplomat who was the consul...
A 16th century Basque ship, and UN symbol, will set sail...
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The Windsor Star is a Canadian daily published in the city located just across the strait/border from Detroit.
They've just...
The same questions, the same answers: Are the Basques Spanish? ...
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A while back, we wrote an entry called "Are the Basques Spanish? NO", which we began by saying:
Are...
They weren’t “Nationalists”, they were “Insurgents”, or simply “Fascists”
"Rough Guides", the website of a guidebook publishing house with more than thirty years of history, has recently been completely redesigned. Taking a virtual...
An enthralling report on the Basques in Iceland and the “Basque-Icelandic...
Katharina Hauptmann has just published a thrilling article in the Iceland Review about the existence of a Basque-Icelandic pidgin while also discussing the history of...
The Basques make up “the great exception to all the laws...
There are times when we are completely taken aback by our complete ignorance (that of those writing here) of fundamental aspects of our culture...
More information about the “Basque ax” that’s changed the history of...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
About a month ago, we brought you the story of an incredible discovery: a Basque ax that had...