Oloron Sainte Marie

Oloron Sainte Marie is a commune within the Pyrenees at antiques department within the place of Bearn in south western France. The metropolis was based with the aid of the Romans inside the 1st century and then known as Illoronensium. Situated on the Roman way among the important towns of Dab and Saragossa its role was strategic. Today called Saint Great Grouts of Oloron became in 506 the first recognized archbishop of the Ancient Diocese of Oloron then called Iluro. The records of the city throughout the Migration Period are little acknowledged.

In 1080, the viscount Centuple V, Viscount of Bearn built the new town of Oloron on the other side of the river from the diocese middle. Centuple V restored the Roman partitions and based the sturdy city of Oloron that was for use as a base to retake the Aragon held via the Manures. The Oloron Cathedral was built at the beginning of the 12th century. The viscountal town of Oloron and the Episcopal town of Sainte Marie have been then competitors but Oloron strove on its textile industry and trade with neighboring Spain. Sainte Marie became conomically based upon Oloron.