Saint-Jean-le-Vieux, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Encyclopedia
Saint-Jean-le-Vieux is a commune
in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques
department in south-western France
.
after a siege. The Kings of Navarre
refounded the town at nearby Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
as the regional capital shortly afterwards. Saint-Jean-le-Vieux was also resettled.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques is a department in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.- History :...
department in south-western France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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History
The town of Saint-Jean-le-Vieux was razed to the ground in 1177 by the troops of Richard the LionheartRichard I of England
Richard I was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Count of Nantes, and Overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period...
after a siege. The Kings of Navarre
Kingdom of Navarre
The Kingdom of Navarre , originally the Kingdom of Pamplona, was a European kingdom which occupied lands on either side of the Pyrenees alongside the Atlantic Ocean....
refounded the town at nearby Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France close to Ostabat in the Pyrenean foothills....
as the regional capital shortly afterwards. Saint-Jean-le-Vieux was also resettled.
External links
- DONAZAHARRE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
- Public school (in French)
- Lake of Harrieta (in French)