Labourd
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Labourd is a former French province and part of the present-day Pyrénées Atlantiques département of Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is one of the traditional Basque provinces, and identified as one of t
Aerial view over northern Labourd from Mount Baigura
Ainhoa village houses showing some aspects of traditional Basque architecture
Bayonne
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Bayonne is a city in southwestern France near the Spanish border. It is a commune and one of two subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, in the area kn
Labourd
…the banks of the river Adour but also more diffusely throughout the whole viscounty (about 20% in Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz). The main town of Labourd is Bayonne, although the capital up to the French Revolution was Ustaritz, 13 km away, where local Basque leaders assembled. Other important towns are Biarritz…
View of the historic centre
View of the ramparts overlooking the river
The Bartizan on the Redoubt, restored in 2005
The ramparts of Bayonne