Calle Biurdana, 3, 31011 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain #1906
Left walled fronton
› Location of the fronton
Address (approximate):
- Calle Biurdana, 3, 31011 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
Coordinates GPS (latitude, longitude):
- decimal notation: 42.820187, -1.660302
- sexagesimal notation: 42° 49' 12.6732", -1° 39' 37.0872"
Nearby frontons (less than 5 kilometers)
- 31011 Pamplona, Navarra Spain - #1874 (Left walled fronton • 198 meters)
- Calle Dr. López-Sanz 31011 Pamplona, Navarra Spain - #1873 (Left walled fronton • 213 meters)
- Av. de San Jorge Etorbidea 31012 Pamplona, Navarra Spain - #1890 (Left walled fronton • 351 meters)
- Calle de S. Roque 31011 Pamplona, Navarra Spain - #1910 (Left walled fronton • 444 meters)
- Calle de S. Roque 31011 Pamplona, Navarra Spain - #1911 (Left walled fronton • 471 meters)
- 31011 Pamplona, Navarra Spain - #1909 (Left walled fronton • 557 meters)
- 31008 Pamplona, Navarre Spain - #704 (Open-air single walled fronton • 835 meters)
- 31014 Pamplona, Navarra Spain - #1862 (Left walled fronton • 876 meters)
- 31014 Pamplona, Navarra Spain - #1863 (Left walled fronton • 893 meters)
- 31014 Pamplona, Navarra Spain - #1864 (Left walled fronton • 905 meters)
- 31014 Pamplona, Navarra Spain - #1861 (Left walled fronton • 936 meters)
- 31014 Pamplona, Navarra Spain - #1860 (Left walled fronton • 955 meters)
- 31008 Pamplona, Navarra Spain - #1907 (Left walled fronton • 1.1 kilometers)
- 31001 Pamplona, Navarra Spain - #1899 (Left walled fronton • 1.3 kilometers)
- 31008 Pamplona, Navarra Spain - #1901 (Left walled fronton • 1.4 kilometers)
- ...
📚 The Basque pelota (Euskal pilota) includes several ball games derivated from the Jeu de Paume. In most specialties, the game consists of sending, volley or after a rebound, the ball against a main wall, named fronton, so that it falls on the playground named cancha. The point continues until a team commits a foul (falta) or fails to raise the ball before the second rebound.
🤓 The left wall fronton originates from the Spanish Basque Country where it is named frontón in Spanish and pilotaleku, "place of the pelota", in Basque. It consists of a front wall, a side wall on the left, and often a wall at the back. There are walls very different from each other depending on the time and place of their construction. The oldest, located outside, do not have a back wall.
🌎 A large number of Basques (commonly referred to as "Basque diaspora") have left the Basque Country to emigrate mainly to South America and the United States.
It is sometimes called the "eighth province" of the Basque Country, which counts seven (Labourd, Soule, Lower Navarre, Navarre, Biscay, Álava and Gipuzkoa).
The diaspora actively promotes its identity through its traditional activities, such as dance, gastronomy, Basque games and, of course, Basque pelota.
👉 See all left walled frontons
Added on December 22 2015
Last modified on December 09 2020