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Basque Country

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May 10th 2017
Today I drove through Basque Country from San Sebastián to Bilbao, Spain. The Basques are an ethnic minority population that have lived in the Pyrenees for thousands of years. They have their own culture and language (which is not related to other European languages) and are more or less integrated into the two big countries in which they find themselves - Spain and France. I had heard about the ... read more

Europe » Spain » Basque Country

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more