The Basque Country or Basque Autonomous Community, also officially called Euskadi, is an autonomous community in northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay, and Gipuzkoa. It sur
Monument to the Battle of Vitoria, part of Spanish Independence War against the French rule.
Churruca's death at the Battle of Trafalgar. Basque navigators were key for the navy of Castile and later the Spanish Navy.
The historic Oak of Gernika, symbol of the Basque institutions.
Basque parliament building in Vitoria-Gasteiz
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Basque is a language spoken by Basques and other residents of the Basque Country, a region that straddles the westernmost Pyrenees in adjacent parts of southwestern France and northern Spain. Basque i
Basque Country (autonomous community)
…socialise is "ir de pintxos" or txikiteo, a Basque version of a pub crawl, albeit generally more civilised. Basque rural sports, known as Herri Kirolak in Basque, are a number of sports competitions rooted in the traditional lifestyles of the Basque people, for example Basque pelota, the Basque version of the…
Family transmission of Basque language (Basque as initial language)
Inscription with Basque-like lexical forms identified as "UME ZAHAR", Lerga (Navarre)
Lines in an exercise book given as punishment during Franco's regime. The line is "En la escuela no tengo que hablar vasco" (transl. "I must not speak in Basque at school").
An example of Basque lettering in a funerary stela