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'''Zugarramurdi''' is a town and [[municipality]] located in the province and autonomous community of [[Navarre]] in northern [[Spain]].
'''Zugarramurdi''' is a town and [[Municipalities of Spain|municipality]] located in the province and autonomous community of [[Navarre]] in northern [[Spain]]. It passed into history as the setting of alleged occult activity featured in the infamous [[Basque witch trials]] held in [[Logroño]] in the seventeenth century. The town is home to the Basque witch museum and the ''Witch Caves''. Every year, spectacular fires are lit in the caves near Zugarramurdi for the celebration of the ‘day of the witch’ on the [[summer solstice]].<ref>[http://traveller.easyjet.com/features/2011/06/day-of-the-witch Article about ''The Day of the Witch'' on easyjet.com]</ref>
It passed into history as the setting of alleged occult activity featured in the infamous [[Basque witch trials]] held in [[Logroño]] in the seventeenth century. The town is home to the Basque witch museum and the ''Cuevas de las Brujas'' (Witch caves). Every year, spectacular fires are lit in the caves near Zugarramurdi for the celebration of the ‘day of the witch’ on the [[summer solstice]].<ref>[http://traveller.easyjet.com/features/2011/06/day-of-the-witch Article about ''The Day of the Witch'' on easyjet.com]</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
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==Legend==
==Legend==
{{See also|Basque witch trials}}
It is said that the word “[[akelarre]]” comes from the field next to one of the small Zugarramurdi caves, where the witch meetings used to take place. The Basque word akelarre means “the field of the he-goat”, as well as 'witches sabbath'. Those present in the meetings used to call the caves from this field, because in it, a big black he-goat used to graze (called Akerbeltz in Basque). It is said the he-goat turned into a human when the witches gathered, so it is thought the goat was the devil itself. This is why Zugarramurdi is often called “The Cathedral of the Devil”.
It is said that the word “[[akelarre]]” comes from the field next to one of the small Zugarramurdi caves, where the witch meetings used to take place. The Basque word akelarre means “the field of the he-goat”, as well as 'witches sabbath'. Those present in the meetings used to call the caves from this field, because in it, a big black he-goat used to graze (called Akerbeltz in Basque). It is said the he-goat turned into a human when the witches gathered, so it is thought the goat was the devil itself. This is why Zugarramurdi is often called “The Cathedral of the Devil”.


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== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
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<gallery mode="packed">
File:Zugarramurdi 1.jpg|Street of Zugarramurdi
File:Zugarramurdi 1.jpg|Street of Zugarramurdi
File:Zugarramurdi 2.jpg|Typical architecture
File:Zugarramurdi 2.jpg|Typical architecture
File:Iglesia zugarramurdi.jpg|Asunción Church
File:Iglesia zugarramurdi.jpg|Asunción Church
File:Zugarramurdi cueva.jpg|The "Cave of the Witches" near Akelarre in Zugarramurdi
File:Zugarramurdi cueva.jpg|The "Cave of the Witches" near Akelarre in Zugarramurdi

File:Zugarramurdiko Akelarrea. Nafarroa, Euskal Herria.jpg|Akelarre host in 2009
</gallery>
</gallery>


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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111124012500/http://www.zugarramurdi.es/ Homepage of Zugarramurdi]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111124012500/http://www.zugarramurdi.es/ Homepage of Zugarramurdi]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070502220337/http://www.euskomedia.org/aunamendi/128592 ZUGARRAMURDI in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)] {{es icon}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070502220337/http://www.euskomedia.org/aunamendi/128592 ZUGARRAMURDI in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)] {{in lang|es}}


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Latest revision as of 13:51, 20 May 2024

Zugarramurdi
Municipality
Zugarramurdi
Zugarramurdi
Coat of arms of Zugarramurdi
Coat of arms
Zugarramurdi is located in Navarre
Zugarramurdi
Zugarramurdi
Location in Spain
Zugarramurdi is located in Spain
Zugarramurdi
Zugarramurdi
Zugarramurdi (Spain)
Coordinates: 43°16′10″N 1°32′30″W / 43.26944°N 1.54167°W / 43.26944; -1.54167
Country Spain
Autonomous community Navarre
ProvinceNavarre
ComarcaBaztan
Government
 • MayorLázaro Dainciart Iribarren (Akelarre)
Area
 • Total
5.6 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
Elevation
(AMSL)
205 m (673 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
225
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Demonymzugarramurdiarra or zugarramurditarra
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2))
Postal code
31710
Area code+34 (Spain) + 948 (Navarre)
Websitewww.zugarramurdi.es

Zugarramurdi is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre in northern Spain. It passed into history as the setting of alleged occult activity featured in the infamous Basque witch trials held in Logroño in the seventeenth century. The town is home to the Basque witch museum and the Witch Caves. Every year, spectacular fires are lit in the caves near Zugarramurdi for the celebration of the ‘day of the witch’ on the summer solstice.[2]

Etymology

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Zugarramurdi is a toponym with unknown meaning, even though it comes from Basque. The philologist Koldo Mitxelena proposed that the etymology of the name could be “place with abundancy of ruined elms”, coming from zugar (elm) + andur (ruined) + the suffix –di (it indicates abundancy). However, Mitxelena himself admitted not having proof about this theory. In Basque and in Spanish it seems that the name of the village is transcribed in the same way, although the z is pronounced differently in both languages. Because of that, the pronunciation slightly varies.

Legend

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See also: Basque witch trials

It is said that the word “akelarre” comes from the field next to one of the small Zugarramurdi caves, where the witch meetings used to take place. The Basque word akelarre means “the field of the he-goat”, as well as 'witches sabbath'. Those present in the meetings used to call the caves from this field, because in it, a big black he-goat used to graze (called Akerbeltz in Basque). It is said the he-goat turned into a human when the witches gathered, so it is thought the goat was the devil itself. This is why Zugarramurdi is often called “The Cathedral of the Devil”.

The legend of Zugartamurdi is the main plot of the 2013 Spanish film, La brujas de Zugarramurdi (in English, it is Witching and Bitching).

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  • Street of Zugarramurdi
    Street of Zugarramurdi
  • Typical architecture
    Typical architecture
  • Asunción Church
    Asunción Church
  • The "Cave of the Witches" near Akelarre in Zugarramurdi
    The "Cave of the Witches" near Akelarre in Zugarramurdi

References

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  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Article about The Day of the Witch on easyjet.com
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