Arostegi, Agustín

123 articles

Santana Ezkerra, Alberto (Ethnographers)

Ethnographer. Born in Bilbao in 1960.A graduate in History from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1983), he has been a professor of Medieval His(...)Read the article

MUJICA, Adrián de (Biographies)

Participant in the conspiracy, led by Francisco Roldán, mayor of Santo Domingo, against the power of Christopher Columbus on the Antillean island in (...)Read the article

Pedro Mayo (Industries)

A Navarrese company founded in the 1960s by Pedro Mayo Etuláin, a native of Ochagavia/Otsagabia (Navarre), in Calle Zapatería in Pamplona. He manufa(...)Read the article

Mercedes-Benz Spain - Vitoria Factory (Industries)

With registered offices in Madrid, the Vitoria-based factory is dedicated to the manufacture of industrial vehicles (vans).It was created as "Industri(...)Read the article

Lavilla Munarriz, Félix (Instrumentalist)

Navarrese concert pianist and composer, born in Pamplona on 11 June 1928. Died in Madrid on 14 January 2013.He studied with José María Iraola in San(...)Read the article

Estarta y Ecenarro (Industries)

Empresa de Elgoibar (Gipuzkoa) dedicada a la fabricación de máquina herramienta y máquinas de coser.El 21 de abril de 1914 se constituyó la socied(...)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

UNIÓN QUÍMICA DEL NORTE DE ESPAÑA (Industries)

Unión Química del Norte de España, S.A. (UNQUINESA) was set up in Bilbao on 2 December 1939 with a share capital of three million pesetas contribut(...)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

Zuberoa. History (Territories)

Zuberoa, known in French as Soule, is the easternmost territory of the French Basque Country and has a rich and distinctive history, shaped by the com(...)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

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

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

Scientific Revolution (Concept)

The term "scientific revolution" refers to the historical, conceptual, social, institutional, and belief-related changes in science that took place in(...)Read the article

MUSKILDA (Mountains)

A 1,070-metre-high mountain in Navarre, located in the municipality of Ochagavía, in the Salazar Valley, in the southern foothills of the Abodi mount(...)Read the article

Suárez García, Castillo (Poets)

Writer born in 1976 in Altsasu (Navarra).She holds a degree in Basque Philology and works in the public administration as a Basque language technician(...)Read the article

LAZKANO AGIRRE, Jon (Mountain)

Alpinist, internationally recognised expert on big walls with leading activities in Patagonia and Baltoro, discoverer of little-known places. He was b(...)Read the article

Sociedad para la Promoción y Reconversión Industrial (Services)

SPRISPRI, an acronym for Sociedad para la Promoción y Reconversión Industrial, its original name, is a development agency created by the Basque Gove(...)Read the article

González Vesga, José Manuel (Historians)

Historian from Bilbao, with a degree in History from the University of Deusto.He is a civil servant in Bilbao City Council. He is co-author, together (...)Read the article

ARTIKUTZA (Neighbourhoods)

Estate belonging to Donostia-San Sebastián (Gipuzkoa), located in the Navarrese town of Goizueta.In 1919, the Donostia-San Sebastián Town Council bo(...)Read the article