Arostegi, Agustín

123 articles

Maule-Lextarre (Municipalities)

A commune situated in the north-eastern part of the French Basque Country, within the historical region of Zuberoa. Mauléon is the capital and also t(...)Read the article

Donostia / San Sebastian. History (Place Names)

Main article Donostia / San SebastiánHistory of Donostia / San Sebastián from the Middle Ages to the end of the Franco regime.--Jatorrizko testua:&n(...)Read the article

Párraga Macorra, Ciriaco (Painters)

Painter and draftsman. Born in Torrelavega on December 23, 1902, he passed away on September 19, 1973.Around the age of eight, he entered the School o(...)Read the article

Cantar de Bereterretx (Oral Literature)

Una de las más bellas muestras de poesía suletina de la baja Edad Media, este cantar ha seguido interpretándose ininterrumpidamente hasta nuestros (...)Read the article

Salazar, Lope García de (Historians)

Historian and flag bearer, born in the tower house of San Martín de Muñatones, located in the council of San Julián de Muskiz, in the Somorrostro v(...)Read the article

Ortiz Alfau, Rafael (Painters)

Painter. Born in Bilbao in 1935, he died in the same city on January 28, 2000.A largely self-taught painter, he studied Modern Art in Paris 1961 and (...)Read the article

ABADÍA DE BELLOC (Monasteries)

Benedictine monastery founded in Belloc (Urt, Laburdi) by Father Augustine Bastres, from Saint-Pée, Laburdi. In 1874, the Basque novices of the Bened(...)Read the article

Beristain Amallobieta, Félix (Painters)

Painter born in Ondarroa, Bizkaia, on 16 July 1937.His vocation for painting awoke in him from a very early age. The numerous painters who came to do (...)Read the article

IDOIA (Hermits)

Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de Idoia. It is in Navarre, in the municipality of Isaba. It is located 15 minutes from the town, opposite the centre of (...)Read the article

Sanz Ramírez, Carlos (Painters)

Basque painter, artist, and poet, belonging to the figurative movement that emerged in Guipúzcoa in the late 1960s. Born in San Sebastián (1943), he(...)Read the article

CONSTITUTION, Plaza de la (Streets)

Main square of San Sebastian, previously called "New", located in the nerve center of the Old Part of the city. Currently it bears the name of "18 de (...)Read the article

Olazabal Manterola, José María (Golf)

Gipuzkoan golfer born on February 5, 1966, in Jaizubia (Hondarribia). He is considered one of the best golfers in the world. He has won the Gold Medal(...)Read the article

ARABS (Lexicon)

History. From the beginning of the Muslim invasion and, above all, from the invasion of the upper Ebro basin, the first armed contacts the Basques and(...)Read the article

Urko (Singers)

José Antonio Larra aga Etxabe, known artistically as Urko , is a prominent Basque singer-songwriter born on March 12, 1948, in Donostia , Gipuzkoa. H(...)Read the article

Sistiaga Mosso, José Antonio (Painters)

Guipuzcoan painter born in Donostia on 4 May 1932.He began creating his first impressionist-style works at the age of 17. From 1954 to 1961, he lived (...)Read the article

Marrodán, Mario Ángel (Poets)

Poet. Born in Portugalete in 1932, died on July 6, 2005 in Bilbao.He studied high school in Bilbao and graduated in Law from the University of Madrid.(...)Read the article

IKUSI - ÁNGEL IGLESIAS (Industries)

Public Limited Company. In 1949, Ángel Iglesias, the current president of IKUSI and its alma mater, founded a small electrical material and repair wo(...)Read the article

MATÍA CALVO, Jose (Businessmen)

Businessman and philanthropist from Alava born in Llodio on 6 June 1806. Dedicated to trade in Manila (1821) as a clerk in a strong house, he left it (...)Read the article

NAVIERA AZNAR (Industries)

La Compañía Naviera Sota y Aznar, S.A., se creó en Bilbao en 1906 fruto de la fusión de 25 compañías de un solo buque que habían sido creadas p(...)Read the article

Garat, Dominique (1735-1799) (Politicians and Public Officials)

Eminente hombre político labortano, hijo de un médico de Uztaritze (Laburdi), nacido en esta localidad en 1735.Tras comenzar estudios en el seminari(...)Read the article