Illustration - Pays-Basque

Illustration - Pays-Basque

FRANCE, PYRENEES ATLANTIQUES, 64, PAYS BASQUE, FREE RANGE PORK PIE BLACK FROM BASQUE COUNTRY (EUSKAL XERRIA IN BASQUE), ONE OF SIX FRENCH HARDY LOCAL BREEDS ALSO CALLED KINTOA. NEARLY EXTINCT IN 1981, THE BASQUE PIG HAS SURVIVED THANKS TO THE PERSEVERANCE OF FEW LOCAL BREEDERS IN THE ALDUDES VALLEY. Photo by Severine Dabadie/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Pays-Basque

Illustration - Pays-Basque

FRANCE, PYRENEES ATLANTIQUES, (64), BASQUE COUNTRY, BANCA, POTTOK, A SMALL BASQUE HORSE RUNNING FREE IN THE BASQUE MOUNTAIN (VALLEY OF THE ALDUDES) Photo by Severine Dabadie/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Pays-Basque

Illustration - Pays-Basque

FRANCE, PYRENEES ATLANTIQUES (64), BASQUE COUNTRY, UREPEL, THE MARK OF UREPEL (VALLEYS OF ALDUDES IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY, FRANCE, SOUTH-WEST) IS A RITUAL, WHICH HAS EXISTED SINCE 1858. IN THE ALDUDES VALLEYS, THE BLOND COWS OF THE PYRENEES ARE BRANDED IN UREPEL WITH A " VE "BEFORE BEING CARRIED OUT FOR THE SUMMER IN SOROGAIN IN THE NAVARRESE PASTURES OF THE ERRO VALLEY, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BORDER Photo by Severine Dabadie/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Pays-Basque

Illustration - Pays-Basque

FRANCE, BASQUE COUNTRY, PYRENEES-ATLANTIQUES (64), ALDUDES, SALTED LEGS OF HAM FROM BAYONNE AND KINTOA. PIERRE OTEIZA DRY IT IN RIPENING ROOM DURING THE HAM CURING PROCESS Photo by Severine Dabadie/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Pays-Basque

Illustration - Pays-Basque

FRANCE, PYRENEES ATLANTIQUES, 64, PAYS BASQUE, FREE RANGE PORK PIE BLACK FROM BASQUE COUNTRY (EUSKAL XERRIA IN BASQUE), ONE OF SIX FRENCH HARDY LOCAL BREEDS ALSO CALLED KINTOA. NEARLY EXTINCT IN 1981, THE BASQUE PIG HAS SURVIVED THANKS TO THE PERSEVERANCE OF FEW LOCAL BREEDERS IN THE ALDUDES VALLEY. Photo by Severine Dabadie/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Pays-Basque

Illustration - Pays-Basque

FRANCE, PYRENEES ATLANTIQUES, 64, PAYS BASQUE, FREE RANGE PORK PIE BLACK FROM BASQUE COUNTRY (EUSKAL XERRIA IN BASQUE), ONE OF SIX FRENCH HARDY LOCAL BREEDS ALSO CALLED KINTOA. NEARLY EXTINCT IN 1981, THE BASQUE PIG HAS SURVIVED THANKS TO THE PERSEVERANCE OF FEW LOCAL BREEDERS IN THE ALDUDES VALLEY. Photo by Severine Dabadie/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM