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What to see and do in Vidángoz/Bidankoze

What to see and do in Vidángoz/Bidankoze (Pirineo, Navarra): 3 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities

When to go to Vidángoz/Bidankoze: festival calendar

August: San Agustín y la bajada de la bruja Maruxa, Vidángoz (August 28)

Towns near Vidángoz/Bidankoze

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What to see and do in Vidángoz/Bidankoze

Vidángoz/Bidankoze
Village
Vidángoz/Bidankoze, at 791 m altitude, has 74 inhabitants (INE 2025) over 39.2 km². Its name, according to philologist Julio Caro Baroja, comes from a medieval personal name, "Vita" plus the suffix "-oz," common in Navarrese place-names; the Basque form Bidankoze reflects the local pronunciation of the Roncalese dialect.
El roncalés de Vidángoz y Louis-Lucien Bonaparte
Curiosity
The Roncalese dialect of Basque, which disappeared as a spoken language in Vidángoz during the 20th century, has been preserved thanks to the correspondence and translations that residents of the village exchanged in the 19th century with the French linguist Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, nephew of Napoleon and scholar of Basque dialects.
San Agustín y la bajada de la bruja Maruxa, Vidángoz
Activity
The patron saint festival of Vidángoz, in honor of San Agustín, opens at midnight on 28 August with the "bajada de la bruja Maruxa" ("descent of the witch Maruxa"): young people from the village dressed as historical witches come down with torches from the Pitxorronga rock amid bonfires, a tradition that recalls local legends of witchcraft and covens.