Built at the beginning of the 17th century on the site of a former shipyard, Maison Dagourette is first and foremost a merchant’s house. Its vast ground floor is then dedicated to the warehouse of goods unloaded on the quay.
Became a convent then a hospital in the following century, the building now houses the Basque Museum and the history of Bayonne.
About twenty themed rooms are articulated on 3 levels revealing the multiple aspects of Basque culture: origins and language, funeral rites, rural life and architecture, domestic life and crafts, maritime and river activities, festivals and games, regional history.
The Dagourette House is classified “Monument“since 1991.
In the rest of our podcastGéraldine Mayr tells you about the Moulis house, the Saint André trinquet and the Sainte Marie cathedral.