The latter, built by Arnaud de Maytie in the early 17th century, boasts splendid carved fireplaces and a library containing books from the 16th and 17th centuries. As for Licharre, the word means in the Basque language "ash" thus recalling the presence of forests of ash trees. Today, a rich and varied architectural heritage is being rediscovered, witnessing a prestigious past. The city developed considerably in the 19th century thanks to the establishment of the espadrille industry.
At that time, beautiful houses were built around the vast square of the Alleys as well as in the street Victor Hugo. Its population was enriched and diversified thanks to the arrival of Navarrese and Aragonese, then the Portuguese in the late s, arrived to work. A feast is dedicated to him on August 15th. Nowadays, it is still a very dynamic town, which has diversified its industrial fabric.
The cultural activities are developed cinema, theater festival concerts, exhibitions There are all kinds of sports activities rugby is considered the discipline queen and the hunting of the dove.
You can enjoy it during its "superb festivals" so famous in the Basque Country that take place in July. The weekly market is held on the site of the Upper Town on Tuesday morning and the place of Aisles on Saturday morning. The Feast of the sneaker on August 15 instead of Aisles: a manufacturing sneakers can see all the steps of making a sneaker from the sole of rope. In summer, many events are organized as the night market, a visit to the castle of Andurain candles, hand pelota-naked-or joko garbi on the pediments of the Upper Town or Driveways, without forgetting Tournament cesta punta at Jai-Alai.
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