778 - La Chanson de Roland

Millions of people across Europe studied during secondary school La Chanson de Roland that represents an essential piece of our common cultural heritage.
But 1,200 years after the adventures related in it, what is the truth?

778 - LA CHANSON DE ROLAND is a 1200-year-journey back into the past, searching the origins and the meaning of one of the most famous and oldest literary piece of European culture.

778 - LA CHANSON DE ROLAND researches the historical facts recounted in the Epic Poem, by means of 4 main narrative lines:

• The story of the scriptwriter and director OLIVIER van der ZEE, after discovering a plaque in the Basque Country that pays homage to the Basque soldiers who defeated the Emperor Charlemagne, contradicting what he learnt as a child: that an army composed of 400,000 Saracens commanded by ROLAND annihilated his rearguard ...
• The HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION of the Expedition of Charlemagne's Army during the year 778 for the pacific storming of ZARAGOZA, which rulers had requested his protection front to the Emirate of CORDOBA, following an anonymous soldier of the Carolingian infantry ...
• The ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS where the attacks may have taken place, trying to find proof to determine the true scenario of that ambush known as the BATTLE of RONCEVAUX pass ...
• TESTIMONIES OF EXPERTS in HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, LOCAL GEOGRAPHY, ...