Basque Tables

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Lauburu

Four comma-shaped heads turning around a centre. Cut into gravestones, chests, cheese rinds and pastry lids.

Basque cupboard with lauburu (=basque cross), (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France).
Basque cupboard with lauburu (=basque cross), (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France).
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Root
lau + buru — four heads (Euskara)tradition

Note

It is carved on Basque graves in Idaho as readily as in Bizkaia.

Pictures

Goat's-milk cheese with lauburu (basque cross). Espelette, (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France).
Goat's-milk cheese with lauburu (basque cross). Espelette, (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France).
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Stele showing a Basque cross on the Ganalto summit. Gorbeia mountain range in the background. Badaia mountain range, Álava, Basque Country, Spain
Stele showing a Basque cross on the Ganalto summit. Gorbeia mountain range in the background. Badaia mountain range, Álava, Basque Country, Spain
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Lauburu on the cobblestones, rue de la citadelle. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France).
Lauburu on the cobblestones, rue de la citadelle. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France).
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Kin

Gateau basque with Lauburu (basque cross).Gâteau basquedishscored on its lid← scored into the top of itHouse in the hamlet of Sougey near Samoëns (Haute-Savoie, France) with openings in shapes of Basque cross.Etxewordcut into the furniture of one

Sources

Record provenance: tradition · confidence medium · updated 2026-09-16