DONOSTIA ZER DA, HIRI ZAHARRA ALA BERRIA? / WHAT IS SAINT SEBASTIAN, AN OLD OR A NEW CITY?

MOTAKO GAZTELUA: DONOSTIA ZER DA, HIRI ZAHARRA ALA BERRIA?

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Gaur ikusten dugun Donostiak apenas ditu berrehun urte, Napoleon-en garaiko gudaldietan suntsitu egin zuten erabat, bueno, ez, erabat ez, 1813ko sarraski kriminal hartatik kale bat libratu zen, egun hartako izena hartzen duen kalea hain zuzen ere, Abuztuaren 31. Frantses tropen babesleku zen Motako Gaztelua ere salbatu zen. Motako Gaztelua da hiriko altxorrik zaharrena, eta Donostia hiriaren sorrerari dago lotuta. XII mendean eraiki zen, Nafarrak ginenean, erresumaren barnealdeko merkatariei itsasorako irteera emateko. Donostia itsasoari baitago lotuta, bere sorreratik. Egungo Donostia hiri berria da, polita, ikusgarria, hala eta guztiz ere Motako Gaztelua ikustea ez da erraza. Donostiako eraikin zaharrena izateaz gain, handienetakoa ere bada. Baina ezkutuan bezala daukate gordeta. Lehen Urgull Mendiko tontorrean gaztelu Nafar ikusgarri bat zegoen, orain izugarrizko hormigoizko masa baten azpian ezkutatuta dago. Akaso, Donostiarrek beren jatorria ezagutu ez dezaten.

CASTLE OF THE MOTTE:  WHAT IS SAINT SEBASTIAN, AN OLD OR A NEW CITY?

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The Saint Sebastian that we see today is just two hundred years old. They destroyed it completely in the Napoleonic Wars, well, not completely, from that criminal extermination of 1813 only one street remains, precisely the street that has the name of that day, 31 August. The Castle of the Motte that was refuge of the French troops remains as well. The Castle of the Motte is the oldest treasure of the city, and is linked to the creation of the city. It was built in XII^th century, when we were Navarrese, in order to give the internal traders an access to the sea. Since Saint Sebastian is linked to the sea since its creation. The Saint Sebastian of nowadays is a new city, nice, spectacular, however it is not easy to see the Castle of the Motte. Besides being the oldest building, it is one of the largest. But they have it as in hiding. At the time, there was a spectacular Navarrese castle, now it is hidden under a huge concrete mass. Perhaps, so that people from Saint Sebastian do not know their origins.