San Marcial

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San Marcial is a hill near Irun in northern Spain, historically notable as the site of key battles during the Peninsular War.

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Label Occurrences
San Marcial canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battlefield ⓘ
hill ⓘ
associatedWith Duke of Wellington ⓘ
General Manuel Freire de Andrade ⓘ
Spanish Army victory over French forces in 1813 ⓘ
Spanish–French conflicts ⓘ
category Battlefields of Spain ⓘ
Hills of the Basque Country ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars locations in Spain ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
hasCommemoration annual San Marcial festivities in Irun ⓘ
military reenactments in Irun ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance Basque historical memory ⓘ
local identity of Irun ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Peninsular War ⓘ
hasNearbyBorderCrossing Irun–Hendaye crossing ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Irun ⓘ
hasReligiousSite Hermitage of San Marcial ⓘ
hasTopographicFeature elevated position above Irun ⓘ
hasViewOf Bay of Biscay (distant views on clear days) ⓘ
linked to: Bay of Biscay
knownFor Battle of San Marcial (1522) ⓘ
Battle of San Marcial (1813) ⓘ
locatedIn Irun ⓘ
locatedInAutonomousCommunity Basque Country ⓘ
locatedInPartOf northern Spain ⓘ
locatedInRegion Gipuzkoa ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Martial ⓘ
near French border ⓘ
overlooks Bidasoa River ⓘ
Irun ⓘ
partOf Pyrenees foothills ⓘ
linked to: Pyrenean foothills

historical defensive line of the Bidasoa area ⓘ
siteOf Battle of San Marcial (30 June 1522) ⓘ
Battle of San Marcial (31 August 1813) ⓘ
strategicImportance control of access between Spain and France ⓘ
observation point over Bidasoa valley ⓘ
tourismType battlefield tourism ⓘ
historical tourism ⓘ
usedDuring Peninsular War military operations ⓘ
linked to: Peninsular War

War of the League of Cognac (context of 1522 battle) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Pyrenees → tookPlaceAt → San Marcial ⓘ