Lekuona Etxebeste, Miren Arantzazu

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Aguirre Alberdi, Leire (Instrumentalist)

Composer. Born in Irún, she began studying music theory and piano at the age of seven. After finishing secondary school, she moved to Bordeaux (Franc(...)Read the article

The Bank of Toulouse, 1911-1969 (Industries)

It was created in February 1911, in the town of Tolosa. Its promoters were local landowners and industrialists. From the outset, it was clear that thi(...)Read the article

AGIRRE ARRUTI, José Luis (Rowing)

Rower from Guipúzcoa born on 8 March 1967 in Orio. A member of the Orio Olympic Rowing Club, he came sixth in the 1985 World Junior Championships and(...)Read the article

Arzallus Antia, Maddalen (Bertso Singers)

Bertsolari laburdina born in Hendaye in 1990.In June 2004 he won the Basque Country School Bertsolaris Championship.In June 2005 he won the Euskal Her(...)Read the article

AGUIRRE BERGARA, José Luis (Biographies)

Basque nationalist priest born in Bergara. A resident of Bilbao, he was interested in issues related to ikastolas (Basque-language schools); thus, he (...)Read the article

Agirre Azurza, Jose Alberto (Composers)

Composer, organist and conductor. He was born in Errezil on 7 August 1886 and died in Andoain on 23 November 1973.He began his musical training with J(...)Read the article

UTRIMQUE RODITUR (Lexicon)

Latin term equivalent to ‘gnawed on both sides’. The 16th-century Navarrese historian R. Avalos de la Piscina attributes it as a motto to the Prin(...)Read the article

FOOD BANK OF GIPUZCOA (Associations)

A Gipuzkoan charitable organization based in Oiartzun, dedicated to providing food to charitable and welfare institutions. In 2003, under the leadersh(...)Read the article

Aizpiolea, Iñigo (Instrumentalist)

Íñigo Aizpiolea is an accordionist and composer from Irun, Gipuzkoa, recognized for his work as a solo performer and in accordion duos, as well as f(...)Read the article

Aizpiolea Martikorena, Maialen (Narrators)

Maialen Aizpiolea Martikorena (1981, Donostia, Gipuzkoa) is a writer who stands out in the field of Basque-language literature, particularly in short (...)Read the article

FANDERIA (Lexicon)

An industrial method of working iron, independent of the forges in the 18th century, where different parts were manufactured, such as iron strips and (...)Read the article

Aizpitarte Muguerza, Juan Ignacio Maria (Filólogos)

Juan Ignacio María Aizpitarte Muguerza (Elgoibar, Gipuzkoa, October 12, 1750 – Vitoria-Gasteiz, August 4, 1809) was a Basque lexicographer and a pr(...)Read the article

Aguirre Sagastume, María (Photographers)

A photographer from Gipuzkoa, born in San Sebastián on 24 December 1946.In December 2001, together with Amaia Fernández, she established a large pho(...)Read the article

INGUMA (Lexicon)

A maleficent genie that appears at night in houses when the inhabitants are a. It squeezes the throat of one of them, making it difficult for them to (...)Read the article

AITA MANUEL (Regattas)

Skipper of the Pasai San Pedro rowing crew. In 1899, as a rower, he won his first flag. In 1910, already a skipper, he competed in two regattas on the(...)Read the article

The Impossible Defeated (Literary Figures)

Famous work by Manuel de Larramendi published under the title El Imposible Vencido. Arte de la Lengua Vascongada, printed in Salamanca in 1729.Its nam(...)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

ROSTEGUY, Pierre de (Biographies)

Real name of Pierre de L'ncre. See Bruejría .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

MAIRUBARATZAK (Megalithic monuments)

Group of twenty-two cromlechs located in the mountains of Oiartzun (Gipuzkoa); 6 on the summit Egiluze and Egiar; 3 in Arritxolaga a; 10 in Erengazela(...)Read the article