of Louis XIII, led by Condé. 27,000 French soldiers besieged the city for two months, firing 16,000 shells into the walled city, leaving only 300 survivors, most of them women and children. The city was virtually destroyed, but nevertheless did not surrender. The Spanish soldiers were successful, and the raising of the siege is celebrated annually on 8 September in a parade, known as Alarde.
Battle of Fuenterrabía (1719), during the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
Battle of Fuenterrabía (1792), in which French revolutionary forces took the city by breaching the walls. After they took over the city, they blew up the section of walling facing France, with the help of German engineers.A remainder of the walls escaped destruction thanks to the signing the Peace Treaty of Basilea
