Montejurra

Montejurra
View of Montejurra from the Monastery of Irache
Highest point
Elevation1,042 m (3,419 ft)
Coordinates42°37′52″N 02°02′41″W / 42.63111°N 2.04472°W / 42.63111; -2.04472
Geography
Montejurra is located in Spain
Montejurra
Montejurra
Location in Spain
LocationNavarre, Spain
Parent rangeBasque Mountains

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.

Between 1960 and 1971, the Carlists published a monthly magazine named Montejurra.

On 9 May 1976, during the Spanish Transition, far right-wing gunmen supported by the Spanish secret services, killed two people at a ceremony held by the left-wing Carlist Party. This became known as the Montejurra Incidents. The Carlist Party organizes an annual gathering at Montejurra, where Carlists and other leftists honor the dead.

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