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RONCESVALLES (Fr. Roncevaux)

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 689 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RONCESVALLES (Fr. Roncevaux) , a See also:village of See also:northern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Navarre; situated on the small See also:river Urrobi, at an See also:altitude of 3220 ft. among the See also:Pyrenees, and within 5 M. from the See also:French frontier. Pop. (1900) 152. Roncesvalles is famous in See also:history and See also:legend for the defeat of See also:Charlemagne and the See also:death of See also:Roland (q.v.) in 778. The small collegiate See also:church contains several curious See also:relics associated with Roland, and is a favourite See also:place of See also:pilgrimage. The See also:battle is said to have been fought in the picturesque valley known as Val See also:Carlos, which is now occupied by a See also:hamlet bearing the same name, and in the adjoining See also:defile of Ibaneta. Both of these are traversed by the See also:main road leading See also:north from Roncesvalles to St See also:Jean Pied de See also:Port, in See also:France.

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