See also:

• RONCESVALLES (Fr. Roncevaux)

RONCESVALLES (Fr. Roncevaux)  , a See also:

• VILLAGE

village of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• NAVARRE (Span. Navarra)

Navarre; situated on the small See also:

• RIVER

river Urrobi, at an See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of 3220 ft. among the See also:

• PYRENEES [Span. Pirineos, Fr. Pyrenees]

Pyrenees, and within 5 M. from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French frontier . Pop . (1900) 152 . See also:

• RONCESVALLES (Fr. Roncevaux)

Roncesvalles is famous in See also:

• HISTORY

history and See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend for the defeat of See also:

• CHARLEMAGNE [CHARLES THE GREAT] (c. 742-814)
• CHARLEMAGNE, JEAN ARMAND (1753–1838)

Charlemagne and the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• ROLAND
• ROLAND, LEGEND OF

Roland (q.v.) in 778 . The small collegiate See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church contains several curious See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics associated with Roland, and is a favourite See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage . The See also:

• BATTLE

battle is said to have been fought in the picturesque valley known as Val See also:

• CARLOS, DON (1545-1568)
• CARLOS, DON (1788-1855)
• CARLOS, DON (CHARLES MARIA DE LOS DOLORES JUAN ISIDOR.E JOSEPH FRANCIS QUIRIN ANTONY MICHAEL GABRIEL RAPHAEL) (1848—1909)

Carlos, which is now occupied by a See also:

• HAMLET

hamlet bearing the same name, and in the adjoining See also:

• DEFILE

defile of Ibaneta . Both of these are traversed by the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main road leading See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north from Roncesvalles to St See also:

• JEAN

Jean Pied de See also:

• PORT

Port, in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France .