Rhune

Rhune is a top located in the the Pyrenees, with the Basque Country. The solid mass of Rhune is crossed by the line of Franco-Spanish Frontière, which is also the border between the Basque provinces of the Labourd and the Navarre. The name of the solid mass is an awkward Francization of the name Basque Larrun (of will larra : place of pasture).

Its altitude is of 905 Mr.

Rhune is a tourist destination appraisal, grace in particular since 1924 to the Petit train of Rhune, a train with toothed rack on the basis of the collar of Ignace Saint.

The panorama with 360° offers a sight released on the Basque Country, the Moors and the Atlantic Ocean.

History

The Cromlech S, tumuli and others Dolmen S attest the presence of the man on these slopes as of prehistory.

They are since then attended by the Pottok ak and the herds of ewes to black or russet-red head and the horns in corkscrew (manech), carried out by shepherds.

At the beginning of the E century, the To advise of Lancre, disaster report in the Basque province of the Labourd, is famous to have made " there; arder and brancher" witch .

The Empress Eugenie, remaining with Biarritz, initiated the fashion of the excursions on the mountain.

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