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Roncesvalles

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Roncesvalles

Small village in Navarre, northern Spain, on a pass in the Pyrenees 8 km/5 mi south of the French border. In 778 it was the scene of the defeat of the rearguard of Charlemagne's army under Roland, who was killed with the twelve peers of France. Roncesvalles has a small monastery and a museum.



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So through the sunny winter day the chivalry of England poured down through the dark pass of Roncesvalles to the plains of Spain.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
He thought more of Bernardo del Carpio because at Roncesvalles he slew Roland in spite of enchantments, availing himself of the artifice of Hercules when he strangled Antaeus the son of Terra in his arms.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
He tried to make us act plays and to enter into masquerades, in which the characters were drawn from the heroes of Roncesvalles, of the Round Table of King Arthur, and the chivalrous train who shed their blood to redeem the holy sepulchre from the hands of the infidels.
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