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Montejurra
View of Montejurra from the Monastery of IracheElevation 1,042 m (3,419 ft) Location Location in Spain Location Navarre, Spain Range Basque Mountains Coordinates 42°37′52″N 02°02′41″W / 42.63111°N 2.04472°WCoordinates: 42°37′52″N 02°02′41″W / 42.63111°N 2.04472°W Montejurra in Spanish and Jurramendi in Basque are the names of a mountain in Navarre (Spain) region. Each year, it hosts a Carlista celebration, in remembrance of the 1873 Battle of Montejurra during the Third Carlist War. In 2004, about 1 000 persons were present.
On the 9th of may 1976, during the Spanish Transition far right-wing gunmen, supported by the Spanish secret services, killed two people in the Carlist Party celebration. Such events are known as Montejurra Incidents.
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Categories:- Mountains of Navarre
- Carlism
- Navarre geography stubs
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