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Zugarramurdi

Coordinates: 43°16′N 1°32′W / 43.267°N 1.533°W / 43.267; -1.533
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The town of Zugarramurdi.

Zugarramurdi is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre in northern Spain

The "Cave of the Witches" near Akelarre in Zugarramurdi.

It passed into history as the setting of purported events featured in the infamous Basque witch trials. The town is home to the Basque witch museum and the Cuevas de las Brujas (Witch caves). Every year, spectacular fires are lit in the caves near Zugarramundi for the celebration of the ‘day of the witch’ on the summer solstice.[1]

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43°16′N 1°32′W / 43.267°N 1.533°W / 43.267; -1.533