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Beribilez (1931), Jean Etxepare Bidegorri (Literary Figures)
In 1931, the doctor Jean Etxepare (1877-1935) published the travel book Beribilez (By Car). It is the account of a journey by car through the Basque C(...)Read the article
HARO HOUSE (Unassigned)
An ancient lineage whose origins are not yet clear. For many generations the lords of Vizcaya belonged to this house. The surname Haro was taken by th(...)Read the article
CALLEJO SOROZABAL, Begoña (Sportsmen)
Begoña Callejo (1964-2022), was an outstanding coach, player and manager, pioneer of women's basketball.At the age of 9 she started playing in the Ca(...)Read the article
ARISTRAIN NOAIN, José María (Businessmen)
Basque businessman. In 1955 he founded the company of his name, a foundry and rolling mill specialising in magnetic sheet metal and profiles, which gr(...)Read the article
Nicolás Usarraga, José Javier (Musicians)
Tenor. He was born in Pamplona (Navarre) on 26 January 1962. At the age of fifteen he joined the "Orfeón Pamplonés". In 1979 he began his singing st(...)Read the article
ARRIAGA, Fausto Antonio de (Businessmen)
One of the pioneers of the paper industry in the Basque Country. He was from Durango and started up the first rudimentary mill in Bizkaia, around 1780(...)Read the article
LINEAGE AND LORDS OF AYALA (Unassigned)
Lope García de Salazar describes the origins of this lineage as follows: "At the time when King Alfonso of Castile reigned, when he won Toledo, a bas(...)Read the article
COUNCIL OF MAÇON (Entities)
In the French city of Maçon, in order to proceed against the bishops who had supported Gondovald, King Gontran convened this Council, which met on 23(...)Read the article
GEOGRAPHY (GIPUZKOA: HYDROGRAPHY) (Unassigned)
The rivers of Gipuzkoa, which belong to the Cantabrian slope, have a short course. The longest is 80 km. But the waters of the tiny area of Gipuzkoa A(...)Read the article
Arretxe, Eva (Technicians)
Costume designer. Born in 1965 and died in 2020.Read the article
Areizaga, Txema (Technicians)
Basque camera operator. He began his professional career in 1983 as a lighting assistant in a production company and in 1989 he worked as an electrici(...)Read the article
The Euskalduna Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Company (Services)
Public Limited CompanyPopularly known as Euskalduna, its birth marked a turning point in the history of shipbuilding in the Basque Country as it marke(...)Read the article
Blazy, Edmond (Literary Figures)
Priest and promoter born on 22 February 1907 in Ussat, in the Occitan Pyrenees.Co-founder and first director of the Bayonne magazine Gure Herria (1921(...)Read the article
MARITIME COMPANY OF NERVIÓN (Services)
Public Limited Company. The Compañía Marítima del Nervión was set up in Bilbao on 16 May 1907, as a result of the merger of the Compañía Anónim(...)Read the article
Arzallus Egiguren, Jexux (Bertso Singers)
Bertsolari born in the Agerre de Goiaz farmhouse in Bidegoian (Gipuzkoa) on 31 October 1954.A political refugee in Iparralde, he lives in Hendaye (Lap(...)Read the article
ASTIZ ARANGUREN, Enrique (Politicians and Public Officials)
Republican personality born on 15 July 1904 in Cadreita (Navarre). He studied law and became a lawyer. He was one of the shareholders of the Pamp(...)Read the article
VASCONGADA SHIPPING COMPANY (Services)
Public Limited Company. The Compañía Naviera Vascongada was created in Bilbao in 1899, the result of the initiative of Félix de Abásolo y Zuazo, w(...)Read the article
Aguinagalde Olaizola, Francisco Borja (Historians)
Archivist and historian from Guipuzcoa, born in San Sebastian on 22 June 1958.He holds a degree in History from the University of Deusto. He furthered(...)Read the article
Gracia Armendáriz, Juan (Literary Figures)
Writer from Navarre, born in Pamplona in 1965.In his youth he went to Mexico, where he stayed from 1981 to 1983. There he began his studies in Co(...)Read the article
Loredan Act (Historical Sources)
A doctrinal document of Basque traditionalism drawn up in 1897 by a commission under the presidency of the pretender Charles VII at his residence in V(...)Read the article