Montejurra in Spanish and Jurramendi in Basque are the names of a mountain in
Navarre
Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...
region (
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
). Each year, it hosts a
Carlist
Carlism ( eu, Karlismo; ca, Carlisme; ; ) is a Traditionalist and Legitimist political movement in Spain aimed at establishing an alternative branch of the Bourbon dynasty – one descended from Don Carlos, Count of Molina (1788–1855) – o ...
celebration in remembrance of the 1873
Battle of Montejurra during the
Third Carlist War
The Third Carlist War ( es, Tercera Guerra Carlista) (1872–1876) was the last Carlist War in Spain. It is sometimes referred to as the "Second Carlist War", as the earlier "Second" War (1847–1849) was smaller in scale and relatively trivial ...
. In 2004, approximately 1,000 persons turned out.
Between 1960 and 1971 the Carlists were publishing a monthly magazine named ''
Montejurra''.
On 9 May 1976 during the
Spanish Transition
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, far right-wing gunmen supported by the
Spanish secret services, killed two people at the
Carlist Party celebration at a time when it was drifting toward left-leaning positions. This became known as the
Montejurra Incidents.
External links
Montejurra Events
Mountains of Navarre
Carlism
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