Sorauren is a small village close to
Pamplona
Pamplona (; eu, Iruña or ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. It is also the third-largest city in the greater Basque cultural region.
Lying at near above ...
in
Navarre
Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...
,
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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. It is surrounded by the mountains "
Ezkaba", "
Lanzador" and "
Txaraka". There can be found the famous romanic stone bridge.
There are several young associations that work to improve the cultural scene like ''ezkabartepuntotaparte''. Every September and during the summer months, there are plenty of concerts and a film festival.
Battle
The
Battle of Sorauren took place here between the
Duc de Dalmatie and the
Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of ...
. Legend has that both armies slept with less than between them.
A residential street in
Toronto, Ontario
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,
Canada
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is named Sorauren Avenue, after the 1813 battle, because the owner of the land concession in the area, Colonel
Walter O'Hara, was a participant in the battle.
Municipalities in Navarre
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