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Rocher sur la plage d'Ilbarritz
Rocks on Ilbarritz beach south of Biarritz. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Rocks on Ilbarritz beach south of Biarritz
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BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Biarritz
How work, access and surfing shaped Biarritz.
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Biarritz (UK: beer-ITS, BEER-its, US: BEE-ə-RITS, -rits, French: , Basque: ; also spelled Miarritze ; Occitan: Biàrritz ) is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in southwestern France.
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1342
Work at the water’s edge
On the one hand, the église Saint-Martin was active in the neighborhoods in the territory's interior, which were: On the other hand, the château of Belay (first mentioned in 1342), also called château de Ferragus, protected the coast and the current Port-Vieux (old port), while religious life and community assemblies took place at Notre-Dame-de-Pitié (a chapel mentioned in 1498), dominating the Port-des-Pêcheurs, or fishing port.
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ACCESS CHANGES
The shore becomes reachable
Together with Bayonne and Anglet, Biarritz takes part in the management of the BAB Airport.
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Biarritz-Le Palais-Surf Miramar-2012 04 13
Palace Hotel, Surf Miramar, Victoria Surf, on the main beach of Biarritz. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Palace Hotel, Surf Miramar, Victoria Surf, on the main beach of Biarritz
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1993
Surfing reads the same coast differently
The annual Biarritz Surf Festival, founded in 1993 at the Côte des Basques, is one of the premier surf events in Europe and longboarding events in the world.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Biarritz is recorded at 43.483° N, 1.559° W. A surf map fixes a name to one stretch of moving water, but the place changes with tide, swell direction, wind and the shape of the seabed.
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Rocher sur la plage d'Ilbarritz
Rocks on Ilbarritz beach south of Biarritz. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Rocks on Ilbarritz beach south of Biarritz
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Biarritz now
Biarritz eventually became one of the most popular European spots for surfers from around the world, developing a nightlife and surfing-based culture.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Rocher sur la plage d'Ilbarritz
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Biarritz-Le Palais-Surf Miramar-2012 04 13
AOD.EU.BIARRITZ.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Biarritz overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.