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French Basque Country

Abbadia castle-observatory : an unusual castle in the Basque Country

A bit of history This castle was built at the request of Antoine d’Abbadie, born in 1810, who had two very different cultural backgrounds, with an Irish mother and a Basque father. A great scholar, he was passionate about geography, astronomy, and Oriental culture. He turned his castle into a truly unique museum. He was …