Amaiur-Maya (Basque: Amaiur; Spanish: Maya de Baztán; officially: Amaiur-Maya)[1] is a village in the municipality of Baztan in the autonomous region of Navarre in Spain. It is situated in the Pyrenees mountain range close to the border with France.
Maya
Amaiur | |
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village | |
| Amaiur/Maya | |
.JPG) Entrance to Maya | |
  Maya  Maya | |
| Coordinates: 43°12′00″N 1°28′50″W / 43.1999682°N 1.4804353°W | |
| Municipality | Baztán |
History
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The fortress of Amaiur, sitting on a hill by the village, was one of the key medieval strongholds of the Kingdom of Navarre. It was one of the few fortresses in Navarre making a stand against the Castilian invasion of 1512, once they had taken over Pamplona. It bore witness to frequent battles between the combined French-Navarrese and the Spanish imperial forces (Ferdinand the Catholic, Charles V), with the most famous being the Battle of Amaiur (Maya) in 1522, when the Mayor-Alcaide of the town and Castle of Amauir-Maya Don Jaime Velaz de Medrano[2][3][4][5] and his son Don Luis Velaz de Medrano held the last Navarrese stronghold in an attempt to resist the Spanish (Castilian-Aragonese) push.
The Battle of Maya (25 July 1813) was fought by French and British forces during the Peninsular War, in the Maya Pass close to the village.
See also
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- ^ "Euskal Herriko leku-izenak: Noiz eguneratua: 2017-12-26" (PDF), The Royal Academy of the Basque Language (in Basque), archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-28, retrieved 20 December 2014
- ^ "Carta de Jaime Vélaz de Medrano, alcaide de Maya, amenazando a Miguel de Espinal, vicario de Espinal, para revelar el origen del falso rumor sobre la puesta en venta del castillo por 4.000 ducados. - navarra.es".
- ^ "Carta del señor de Saint André, lugarteniente de Guyena, a Jaime Vélaz de Medrano, alcaide de Maya, comunicando su partida a Bayona con el señor de Bonnivet, almirante de Francia, y las necesidades para la defensa de la fortaleza. - navarra.es".
- ^ "Las cartas de los últimos del castillo de Amaiur". 16 June 2021.
- ^ "MEDRANO, Jaime Belaz de - Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia".
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