basque country in English

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a region of the western Pyrenees in both France and Spain, the homeland of the Basque people.

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1. Basque Country Tourism: Tripadvisor has 382,016 reviews of Basque Country Hotels, Attractions, and Restaurants making it your best Basque Country resource.

2. Only two communities—the Basque Country and Navarre—have full fiscal autonomy.

3. The French part of Basque Country lies at the south-west end of Aquitaine.

4. Basque brings the flavour of the Basque Country to the vibrant and modern city of Lisbon

5. 23 Something else you become very aware of all over the Basque country is the bracken.

6. 18 February 1941: Wearing a beret (a traditional cap from the Northern Basque Country) was forbidden.

7. As the capital of the French Basque Country, Bayonne is typical of the region’s cross-cultural charms

8. De las Universidades 24 48007 Bilbao Tel.: 944 139 092 Cide@deusto.es Useful links Basque Country official website

9. The Basque Country boasts a painted forest, a disappearing wave and some of the best cave paintings in the world

10. The Basque Country is not an independent state but a region in the western Pyrenees that straddles the border between France and Spain

11. The Basque Country or Basque Autonomous Community was granted the status of nationality within Spain, attributed by the Spanish Constitution of 1978.The autonomous community is based on the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country, a foundational legal document providing the framework for the development of the Basque people on Spanish soil

12. One of these peoples are the Basques, a European ethnic group that numbers around three million people that inhabit their traditional homeland called the Basque Country

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14. Welcome to Bask! The Basque Country (Basque: Euskal Herria) is the name given to a region of Spain in the western Pyrenees that spans the border between France and Spain

15. Clara García-Astrain, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, “Materials + Technologies” Group, Polytechnic School, University of the Basque Country, Pza, Europa 1, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain

16. Stretching along the banks of the Rivers Adour and Nive, the waterside city of Bayonne is one of the prettiest in southwest France, and the capital of the French Basque Country

17. Bilboes were also used on slave ships, such as the Henrietta Marie.According to legend, the device was invented in Bilbao, Basque Country within Spain, and was imported into England by the

18. It collects, preserves, and provides access to the Basque Diaspora's heritage and resources about the Basque Country, serving researchers and memory institutions as a portal to the research done in English about Basque …

19. 4-A special type of allocution of respect exists in the Roncal dialect, the zuketz, which is also common to the Souletin and Lower Navarrese dialects, but unknown in the peninsular Basque country.

20. Bilboes were also used on slave ships, such as the Henrietta Marie.According to legend, the device was invented in Bilbao, Basque Country within Spain, and was imported into England by the ships of the

21. The Basque Country—or el Pais Vasco in Spanish—is one of Spain’s 17 Comunidades Autónomas, or “autonomous communities.”It is located in northern Spain, bordering on France and the Cantabric Sea

22. The Bilbo, a thrusting-sword, seems to take its name from its place of manufacture: Bilbao (in the Basque country of northern Spain), famed for its sword-blades, and formerly known as Bilboa in English

23. Athletic Club (Basque: Bilboko Athletic Kluba; Spanish: Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country in Spain

24. Measuring only about 100 miles from end to end, Basque Country is about the size of Maryland and borders the Bay of Biscay to the north, France to the northeast, and Spain to the south and west.

25. The great mountainous nature of the Basque Country has led to a difference between coastal cuisine dominated by fish and seafood, and inland cuisine with fresh and cured meats, many vegetables and legumes, and freshwater fish and salt cod.

26. Stroll around the port of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, visit Bayonne (known for its férias) or the small towns in the middle of the Basque country. Here you can indulge in traditional dishes, such as ham from Bayonne, allspice from Espelette, ewe’s cheese or Basque cake.

27. In Europe, many other languages are spoken, some of them thousands of years old such as Euskera in the Basque Country or Gaelic, whose origins have been lost in the mists of time, and others such as Catalan, Galician and Alsatian, which is spoken right here in Strasbourg.

28. Situated at the feet of the western Pyrenees near the French border, Spain's Basque country comprises three provinces: Guipúzcoa and the popular beachfront capital of San Sebastian; Viscaya, where capital Bilbao houses the jaw-dropping Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum; and Alava, whose capital Vitoria teems with medieval architecture.

29. The Basque diaspora is the name given to describe people of Basque origin living outside their traditional homeland on the borders between Spain and France.Many Basques have left the Basque Country for other parts of the globe for economic and political reasons, with substantial populations in Colombia, Argentina and Chile with those of Basque ancestry in the hundreds of thousands; Mexico