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AGA (Lexicon)
Etymology.Basque suffix of place. Caro Baroja relates it to the Celtic -acus, -aca, by means of which and a patronymic many place names in Gaul would (...)Read the article
Lezama Perier, Patxi Xabier (Sculptors)
Patxi Xabier Lezama Perier (20 June 1967, Zalla, Bizkaia) is a Basque sculptor and writer.He is one of the most representative artists on the Basque s(...)Read the article
The overseas influence on Basque cuisine (Cuisine)
The arrival of new products from overseas (from which the word "ultramarinos", so common until not so long ago, derives to define the grocery or food (...)Read the article
SARALEGUI, Cristina (Log Chopping)
Aizkolari from Navarre born in Leitza in 1974. She was a pioneer of female participation in this modality within the Herri Kirolak Federation, althoug(...)Read the article
De Amézaga y Zabala, Abraham (Biographies)
Writer, journalist and lecturer specialising in luxury and quality, born in Bilbao on 5 December 1974.With a degree in French Philology, the fruit of (...)Read the article
Retegui Ayastuy, Javier (Engineers)
Co-operativist, educator, politician and social innovator. Xabier Retegi Ayastui (Bergara, 1937) is a key figure in the recent history of the Basque C(...)Read the article
AGUIRRE BURUALDE, Manuel (Religious People)
A priest born in Segura in the province of Gipuzkoa, he moved to New Spain (Mexico), settling in the city of Valladolid in Michoacán, where he was a (...)Read the article
Rikarte Lezaun, Isidro (Narrators)
A writer in Basque born in Lerín (Navarre) in 1955, but resident in Pamplona since childhood.After working as a construction labourer, crane assemble(...)Read the article
MAIRUBARATZA (Lexicon)
As for the first element of this name, see . As for baratza, we can say that in current speech it means orchard. But in the past it must also have mea(...)Read the article
DIMINUTIVE (Lexicon)
Diminutives are frequently used either to specify an objective nuance or for subjective reasons: familiarity, tenderness, contempt.A/ Wet consonants: (...)Read the article
Alvaro Ocáriz, José Andrés (Biographies)
José Andrés Alvaro Ocáriz is an educator, writer and cultural disseminator born in San Sebastián on 25 July 1962.He has a degree in Hispanic Philo(...)Read the article
Munia (Monarchy and Nobility)
Queen of Pamplona in the 11th century. Wife of Sancho el Mayor, daughter of the famous Count of Castile Sancho García and his wife Urraca Salvadórez(...)Read the article
Will of Alfonso I the Battler (Historical Sources)
“In the name of the highest and incomparable good, which is God. I, Don Alfonso, King of the Aragonese, the Pamplonese, and the Ribagorzans, conside(...)Read the article
Marroquín, Diego (Sailors)
A seafarer, born in Bizkaia, who in 1553 presented a memorial to His Highness on behalf of the sea captains and masters and owners of ships from Bizka(...)Read the article
Apellániz Castroviejo, Juan María (Archaeologists)
Multifaceted archaeologist born in Bilbao (Bizkaia) on 12 January 1932.He studied for the priesthood at the seminary in Vitoria until 1955, Philosophy(...)Read the article
Gorriti Goldaracena, Joan (Sculptors)
Sculptor from Navarre, born in Oderitz in 1942.Since 1975, when he held his first exhibition in Arribe, he has participated in more than twenty group (...)Read the article
Aldazabal Bardají, Peio (Cinema-TV-Radio)
Filmmaker from Guipuzcoa, born in San Sebastian on August 24, 1949. He studied Industrial Officialía Industrial in the Professional School San I(...)Read the article
Aizpurua Egaña, Itziar (Politicians and Public Officials)
Itziar Aizpurua Egaña is a long-standing member of Herri Batasuna. Born in 1943 in Deba, she joined ETA at a very young age, where she met her future(...)Read the article
SOMORROSTRO MANIFESTO (Lexicon)
Allocution delivered by King Alfonso XII on 13 March 1876 at the end of the Second Carlist War with the defeat of the rebels. It was written by the Mi(...)Read the article
School canteens in Donostia-San Sebastian (Concept)
School canteens were charitable institutions that provided free food to needy children throughout the school year.The initial initiative was philanthr(...)Read the article