Bidart et son port de pêche

ESPILONDO, Jean

Publication year:

2002

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISBN:

84-8419-936-3

ISSN:

1137-439X

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Summary

In this short report on the maritime history of Bidart, we have wanted to underline the importance of Bidart in terms of fishing. In Bidart, on the cliffs of the beach at Ilbarritz, we have found tools from the musteriensic, aurignaciensic and neolithic periods, that demonstrate the existence of a local settlement near the sea. At the beginning of our times, the workshop that manufactured "garum" in Guéthary could not operate without fishing and without fishermen. We have to place ourselves in the 17th century to find documents attesting of fishing in Bidart and of its importance. There is therefore no doubt on the existence of an active port. There is a lack of archaeological testimonies to characterise it, especially reference to the dike.