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Identifier: 01820163.5270.emory.edu
Title: Southern France, including Corsica: handbook for travellers
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipsic : K. Baedeker, London :b
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64. 123 M. Bayonne. — Railway Stations. Gare du Midi (PI. C, D, 1;buffet), on the right bank of the Adour. Gare de Biarritz (PI. A, 2), onthe left bank. Omnibus from one to the other, 20 c. Hotels. *Gr. Hot. du Commerce, dej. 4, D. 5 fr.; de Paris et Bil-baina; St. Etienne, E. from 4, B. ll/2, dej. 4, D. 5, omn. 1/2 fr., thesethree in the Rue Thiers (PI. B, 2, 3); Panier-Fleuri, Impasse Port-Neuf(PI. B, 3), R. 21/2, B. 1, dej. 3, D. 3l/2 fr.; de lEurope et Guipuzcoana,Rue Thiers 33; de France, Place St. Esprit (PI. C, D, 1), near the chiefstation, second-class. — Cafes. Farnie, Grand Balcon, de Bordeaux, nearthe Hotel de Ville (PI. B, 2, 3). Cabs. Per drive, with one horse 1 fr., two horses 11/ifr.; outsidethe octroi limits 25 c. extra; per hr. 2 and 21/2 fr.; at night, I fr. extra. —Tramway to Biarritz, see p. 64. British Vice-Consul, Mr. Paul Schoedelin. Bayonne, a town and fortress with 27,118 inhab., is prettilysituated at the confluence of the Adour and the Nive, 3V2M. from
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to Biarritz. BAYONNE. /. Route 9. 63 the Bay of Biscay. The population consists mainly of Basques andSpaniards, whose types, manners, language, and dress form astriking contrast to those of the other inhabitants. Bayonne, which is probably the Laptirdum of the Romans, acquiredsome importance in the Middle Ages by its whaling fleet, its trade withSpain, its tanneries, and its manufactures of arms. The bayonet is saidto have been invented here. Acquired by England along with Aqultaine,the town remained faithful to that country till 1451, thanks to the privi-leges granted to it. It offered a vigorous and successful resistance toSpain in 1523. Here, in 1565, amid great rejoicings, took place the inter-view between Charles IX. of France and his sister Elizabeth, Queen ofSpain, in the presence of their mother, Catherine de Medicis, and theDuke of Alva, when the Massacre of St. Bartholomew is said to have beenplanned. In 1814 Bayonne made a brave resistance to the British andSpanish troops u

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