Roncesvalles

E360829

pilgrimage site village

Roncesvalles is a small historic village and pilgrimage stop in the Pyrenees of northern Spain, famed as a key waypoint on the Camino de Santiago and the legendary site of Charlemagne’s rear-guard battle.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Roncesvalles canonical	3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	pilgrimage site ⓘ village ⓘ
administrativeDivision	municipality of Roncesvalles ⓘ
associatedWith	Charlemagne ⓘ Roland ⓘ
associatedWork	The Song of Roland ⓘ surface form: La Chanson de Roland
country	Spain ⓘ
elevation	about 900 meters above sea level ⓘ
hasClimate	mountain climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	hospitality ⓘ services for pilgrims ⓘ
hasFunction	religious center ⓘ rest stop for pilgrims ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	historic site ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificance	Catholic pilgrimage ⓘ
hasRouteConnection	Camino Francés ⓘ Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port ⓘ
hasStructure	Collegiate Church of Santa María de Roncesvalles ⓘ Collegiate Church of Santa María de Roncesvalles ⓘ surface form: Royal Collegiate Church of Roncesvalles Silo de Carlomagno ⓘ Monastery of Sancti Spiritus el Real ⓘ surface form: chapel of Sancti Spiritus cloister ⓘ pilgrims’ hostel ⓘ
historicalEvent	Battle of Roncevaux Pass ⓘ surface form: Battle of Roncevaux Pass (778)
isPartOf	Camino de Santiago ⓘ French Way ⓘ
knownFor	association with Charlemagne’s rear-guard ⓘ association with the Battle of Roncevaux Pass ⓘ being a starting point for many pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago ⓘ connection to the epic poem The Song of Roland ⓘ historic monastery complex ⓘ pilgrimage tradition ⓘ
locatedIn	Navarre ⓘ Pyrenees ⓘ northern Spain ⓘ
near	French–Spanish border ⓘ Somport Pass ⓘ surface form: Roncevaux Pass
officialLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
region	Western Pyrenees ⓘ surface form: Navarrese Pyrenees
regionalLanguage	Basque ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
role	key waypoint on the Camino de Santiago ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism ⓘ religious tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Navarre → contains → Roncesvalles ⓘ

Camino de Santiago → hasStartingPoint → Roncesvalles ⓘ

Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port → mainPilgrimRouteTo → Roncesvalles ⓘ