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NEW VIZCAYA (Place Names)

State of Mexico, currently Durango. Conquered and colonised by Francisco de Ibarra, it has an area of 98,470 square metres and 919,000 inhabitants, 13(...)Read the article

Aranzabal Salegi, Faustino (Painters)

Painter from Guipuzcoa, born in San Sebastian in 1968.Graduated in Applied Arts in Zaragoza in 1989. From 1987-89 he attended a series of painting wor(...)Read the article

GEOGRAPHY (ÁLAVA-ARABA: HYDROGRAPHY) (Unassigned)

The geographical heart of Alava is the Zadorra basin, just as the basins of Guipúzcoa, Vizcaya and Navarre are the basins of the Oria, the Ibaizábal(...)Read the article

Calleja, Seve (Literary Figures)

Writer and critic of children's and young people's fiction, born in Zamora in 1953, although he has lived in the Basque Country since he was a child, (...)Read the article

SOTA ABURTO, Ramon de la (Businessmen)

Biscayan politician and financier, son of Sir Ramón de la Sota y Llano, born in Getxo in 1887. A student of Resurrección María de Azkue in his yout(...)Read the article

Azkarate, Isabel (Photographers)

Photographer from Guipuzcoa, born in San Sebastian in 1950.She studied at the International Centre of Photography in Barcelona and later attended vari(...)Read the article

Eguizabal, Juan Jose (Sculptors)

Contemporary sculptor, born in Logroño in 1961. He lives and works in Vitoria.He became known on the Alava scene in the mid-1980s thanks to the Sculp(...)Read the article

Epalza López de Lerena, Domingo (Politicians and Public Officials)

Politician, born in Bilbao on 26 October 1884. He died in Donibane Lohitzune (San Juan de Luz) on 18 March 1956.He studied law at the University of De(...)Read the article

LENITZ, Valley of (Valleys)

Valley in the province of Gipuzkoa. It is located in the SW part of the province, close to Alava. Although geographically larger, today it is bordered(...)Read the article

Ariño Altuna, Santos (Singers)

Baritone born in Caracas (Venezuela) in 1954.He made his first musical studies with his mother Luke Altuna. He began his singing studies with Professo(...)Read the article

Barañano Letamendia, Kosme María de (Historians)

Art historian, critic and teacher, born in Bilbao (Bizkaia) on 30 May 1952.He is one of the greatest specialists in the work of Eduardo Chillida, as w(...)Read the article

Maeztu Whitney, María de (Teachers)

Pedagogue from Alava, pioneer of modern pedagogy and women's liberation in Spain. She was born in Vitoria on 18 July 1881, to a father from Alava (an (...)Read the article

Sota Mac Mahon, Ramon de la (Military)

Head of the "Basque Services" of the Basque exile in Argentina. Born in Bilbao on 27 September 1915, died in 1971.During the Second World War he belon(...)Read the article

Ayestarán Picabea, Antxon (Managers)

Musician from Guipuzcoa, born in the Unanue-Berri farmhouse in the Añorga neighbourhood of Donostia on 14 April 1939. He died in a traffic accident i(...)Read the article

Battle of La Peña Lemona (Concept)

During the 1936-1939 war, the possession of Peña Lemona was fiercely disputed by both sides. Its proximity to the Bilbao Belt -4 Kms. - and to the Bi(...)Read the article

AMAÑA, Andoni (Boxing)

Antonio Sáez. Boxer born in Salamanca on 25 April 1953, settled early in Eibar, Gipuzkoa.Spanish Welterweight Champion in 1977; champion on five occa(...)Read the article

Los Xey (Musical Groups)

Vocal comedy group from San Sebastian that enjoyed renown in the 1940s and 1950s. It was created in 1941 by a group of members of the Easo Choir, led (...)Read the article

BASAGOITI ZABALA, Alfontso (Businessmen)

Biscayan businessman born in Madrid in 1948. Graduate in Economics. In 1983 he was appointed deputy for the Treasury and Finance of the Provincial Cou(...)Read the article

BAZTARRICA GARIJO, José María (Traders)

In 2004 he was utive Chairman of Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A. (CAF) in Beasain, a position he had held since 1991.Translated with (...)Read the article

ÁLVAREZ DE TOLEDO Y BANDEIRA, Pedro (Religious People)

A priest belonging to the Prelature of Opus Dei, he was born in Vigo (Pontevedra) on 14 January 1951. He studied Secondary Education at the Colegio Ap(...)Read the article