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Extract from the St-Jean-Pied-de-Port (Donibane Garazi) Travel Guides: The old capital of Basse Navarre,
ST-JEAN-PIED-DE-PORT
lies in a circle of hills at the foot of the Roncevaux pass into Spain. It owes its name to its position "at the foot of the
port
" - a Pyrenean word for "pass". Only part of France since the Treaty of the Pyrnes in 1659, it was an important centre for the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in the Middle Ages. The routes from Paris, Vzelay and Le Puy converged just northeast of here at Ostabat, and it was the pilgrims' last port of call before struggling over the pass to the Spanish monastery of Roncesvalles (Roncevaux in French), where Rolan...
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