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 | | The Roncevaux Pass (Roncesvaux in English, Roncesvalles in Spanish, Orreaga in Basque) is the site of a famous battle in 778 in which Hroudland (later changed to Roland), prefect of Brittany March was defeated by the Basques. |
 | | The oral tradition also changed the outcome of the battle, from the historical,where Hroudland and his force is completely annihilated and the Basques escape, to that where Charlemagne comes to the rescue ofRoland and destroys the Saracens. |
 | | When The Song of Roland was written down, by an unknowntroubadour of the 11th century, it became the first Chanson de geste or epic poem of medieval France. |
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