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France, Guethary, Panorama pris depuis Guéthary. - A43529
France, Guethary, Panorama pris depuis Guéthary. - A43529. 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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- France, Guethary, Panorama pris depuis Guéthary. - A43529
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Guéthary
How work, access and surfing shaped Guéthary.
Scroll to follow the shoreline through time
Guéthary is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Work at the water’s edge
Guéthary has existed as a small fishing village since the early 12th century.
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ACCESS CHANGES
The shore becomes reachable
Guéthary station has rail connections to Hendaye, Bayonne and Bordeaux.
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Guethary vague surf
Surf à Guéthary été 2015. 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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- Surf à Guéthary été 2015
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ORGANISED SPORT
Surfing reads the same coast differently
Guéthary is part of PeakWave's surfing catalogue.
The local record used here does not support a single founding date for the sport, so the exhibition treats its sporting identity as an accumulation of use, access and organisation.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Guéthary is recorded at 43.421° N, 1.614° 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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France, Guethary, Panorama pris depuis Guéthary. - A43529
France, Guethary, Panorama pris depuis Guéthary. - A43529. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- France, Guethary, Panorama pris depuis Guéthary. - A43529
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC0
TODAY
Guéthary now
Guéthary remains a lived-in place as well as a sporting destination.
Its present identity continues to depend on the relationship between residents, visitors, access and the landscape or water that first shaped it.
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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
France, Guethary, Panorama pris depuis Guéthary. - A43529
AOD.EU.GUETHARY.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC0
Guethary vague surf
AOD.EU.GUETHARY.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Guéthary overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.