All of these images are from SPAIN-The Basque Country. Click on each image for a much larger view.
Note: Many of these artifacts have been removed from their original locations (noted) and are now housed in various museums.

A Bibliography of sources on Basque costume can be found here.

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The following images are from
"Trachtenbuch de Christoph Weiditz von seinen teisen nach Spanien (1529)und den Niederlandeden (1531/32)"

Mountains of Santander
Pamplona
Pamplona
Girl of Vizcaina
Mountains, French frontier
Going to church
Basque woman going to Church
Old woman
Frontier and mountains
Mountains
Holiday dress
Warrior
Unmarried man
Fashionable woman
Mountains
Pamplona
Old Woman in Santander
Spinning
(I apologise for the lack of attribution for the following images. I keep meaning to dig this up, and, finally, I decided that I needed to get them up and worry about this later. I've been putting this off much too long.)
Navarra
Navarra
Navarra
Bayona
Bayona
Gascones
Vizcainas

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