Arcangues: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 38 - 231 Pierre & Vacances Les Terrasses d ´Arcangues
 Overlooking the Arcangues golf course, the neo-Basque style residence is made up of 2 groups of buildings which are arranged in semi-circles around ei… MoreEUR 128 - 148 Les Volets Bleus
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Arcangues: Guide
For the Thoroughbred racehorse see: Arcangues (horse)
Arcangues (commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Département in France|département, in southwestern France in what was formerly the province of Labourd.
Home to the Marquis d'Arcangues, his Chateau d'Arcangues was used as the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Duke of Wellington's headquarters during the December 1813 Battles of the Nive in the Peninsular War. During the German occupation of France in World War II, the Nazis used the chateau as headquarters for its local troops.
The French Thoroughbred horse racing|racehorse Arcangues (horse)|Arcangues, who was given the village's name, won the 1993 Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.
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