(

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: March of Oriamendi), is the

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of the

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. The name of the anthem stems from the

battle of Oriamendi The Battle of Oriamendi (Basque: ''Oriamendiko Gudua'') was a battle fought on 16 March 1837 during the First Carlist War. The battle was an overwhelming victory for the Carlists. Prelude The battle was part of a campaign in spring 1837 when ...

which took place in 1837 during the

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History

It was composed by

José Juan Santesteban José Juan Santesteban (San Sebastián, 26 March 1809 – San Sebastián, 13 January 1884Diccionario de la música y los músicos – Volume 3 – Page 152 Mariano Pérez Gutiérrez – 1985 "SANTESTEBAN, José Juan (San Sebastián, 1809 – San Seb ...

to celebrate the

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victory. When the Carlists eventually won, they appropriated the melody. The original lyrics were in Basque. The lyrics in Spanish were written in 1908 by

Ignacio Baleztena Ascárate Ignacio Baleztena Ascárate (1887–1972) was a Navarrese folk customs expert, a Carlist politician and soldier. Family and youth Ignacio's paternal grandfather, José Joaquín Baleztena Echeverría, a native of Navarrese Leitza, tried his luc ...

as ("Jamesist March"). Over the years, several versions of "Oriamendi" have been in use. From 1936 to 1939, the line in the fourth verse, , was replaced by (''the red berets shall conquer

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''): means the , or Carlist soldiers. The red berets are part of the Carlist uniform. The Decree 226/1937 of the Burgos Junta recognizes as Oriamendi and the anthems of Falange Española () and the

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() ordering that they should be listened to standing in homage to the Fatherland and the fallen. A decree from 1942 reinstates the songs and orders that, in official events, the playing of the anthem and the songs must be saluted with a "national salute" (

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), or a

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if the event is exclusively military.

Lyrics

"God, Fatherland, King" (sometimes "God, Fatherland, Fuero, King") is the Carlist motto. (Basque ) is another battle of symbolic importance to Carlists.

Original lyrics

References

External links

http://www.requetes.com

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