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Bayonne (Basque Baiona) is a city of southwest France on the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, of which it is a sous-préfecture. Polpulation (1999): 40,078.
It is the capital of Labourd/ Lapurdi in the French Basque Country.
As of 1935 it was still enclosed within ramparts which preserved the character of the palce from former days as a fortification. Its chief industries were shipbuilding, tanning, and potteryPottery is a form of ceramics technology, where wet clays are shaped and then dried or fired to harden them. The term is generally used only for relatively easily constructed utensils such as pots, cups, bowls, etc. and for decorative items but not for co.The cathedralA Cathedral is a Christian church that serves as the central church of a bishopric. As cathedrals are often particularly impressive edifices, the term is sometimes also used loosely as a designation for any large important church. The term is not official, famous fo
link title Link titleItalic textBold textr its cloisterCloister of Saint Trophimus, in Arles, France A Cloister is part of cathedral's and abbey's architecture. A cloister consists usually of four corridors, with a courtyard or quad in the middle. Cloisteral life is another name for the life of a monk or nun.s, is the only building of note. It also has a museum contains colelctions bequeathed by the painter BonnetBonnet may refer to one of several things: bonnet is British English for the hinged cover over the engine in a motor vehicle US "hood") bonnet the name of different types of headwear for men and women Automobiles Rene Bonnet was a French car maker which l.
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Bayonne sustained numerous successful siegeA siege is a prolonged military blockade and assault of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition. A siege occurs when an attacker encounters a city or fortress that refuses to surrender and cannot be easily taken by a frontals from Plantagenet times ( 1154) to the close of the First Empire ( 1814).
Bayonne is said to be the naming place of the bayonette and, more dubiously, of bayonnaise sauce.
geography stubs Basque Cities, towns and villages of France
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