Location Navarre, Spain Province Navarre Parent range Basque Mountains | Elevation 1,042 m Mountain range Basque Mountains | |
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Similar Mesa de los Tres, Aizkorri, Beriain, Pic d'Orhy, Mendaur | ||
Montejurra in Spanish and Jurramendi in Basque are the names of a mountain in Navarre region (Spain). Each year, it hosts a Carlist celebration in remembrance of the 1873 Battle of Montejurra during the Third Carlist War. In 2004, approximately 1,000 persons turned out.
Map of Montejurra, 31208, Navarre, Spain
On 9 May 1976 during the Spanish Transition, far right-wing gunmen supported by the Spanish secret services, killed two people at the Carlist Party celebration at a time when it was drifting toward left-leaning positions. This became known as the Montejurra Incidents.
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