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Gámiz, Pedro de (Painters)

16th-century painter from Vitoria . In 1564 he painted the Chapel of the Kings in San Pedro de Vitoria. We know that in 1572 he joined Andrés de MiaÃ(...)Read the article

March of Oriamendi (Musicals)

The "Marcha de Oriamendi" is a hymn composed by the maestro José Juan Santesteban to commemorate the liberal victory over the Carlists on the mountai(...)Read the article

History of Pharmacy (Concept)

The word "pharmacy" derives from the Greek word pharmakon (remedy). However, the desire to cure illness has existed since the dawn of humanity, even b(...)Read the article

Pop-Rock in the Basque Country (Concept)

It has been called pop or pop-rock music the music made internationally from the 1950-60s onwards, under the main influence of the new Anglo-Saxon rhy(...)Read the article

Sada, Pedro de (Politicians and Public Officials)

A 17th-century Navarrese figure, born in Corella in 1621. Knight of Santiago. Governor of Guatemala and Peru. Died in 1699.Read the article

TXISTORRA (Lexicon)

Basque name for a fresh sausage, smaller in diameter than longaniza, with a filling composed of bacon and meat, predominantly pork, seasoned with salt(...)Read the article

Colonialism (Concept)

Colonialism itself is a doctrine that during the 19th and 20th centuries sought to justify the control and exploitation of numerous territories by Wes(...)Read the article

GARAGARZA, Fortún Ibáñez (Biographies)

Partisan, he signed the truce of Abenda or with Bilbao in 1353. Ref . Juan Carlos Guerra.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

Irrintzi (Theatre)

Bilingual musical-theatrical production created in 1977 by Luis Iturri and the Akelarre group based on poems by Blas de Otero , Gabriel Celaya and Gab(...)Read the article

Miñano, Andrés de (Painters)

16th-century painter from Vitoria; according to documentation, he appears as a resident of Estella (Navarre) and Vitoria . In 1564 he painted the chap(...)Read the article

BERBER (Lexicon)

Basque has been compared to Berber. These comparisons are limited to a few words such as iker (Berber) and aker (Basque), "male goat"; aa and anai , "(...)Read the article

LARREA, Toda de (Biographies)

A lady from Bilbao from the 15th century. In 1476, King Ferdinand the Catholic came to swear the Fueros of Bizkaia and had amorous relations with her,(...)Read the article

Gaxen, Inesa (Biographies)

Basque heroine, victim of the religious persecution of the first third of the 17th century. She was from Labastide-Clairence , in Lower Navarre, and w(...)Read the article

BAYONET (Lexicon)

Steel weapon used for assault. It is a generally held opinion that the first bayonets were invented in Bayonne and that the very name given to this we(...)Read the article

KATEA (Place Names)

Term where two roads converge in Idiazabal, Gipuzkoa.Read the article

Baztandarren Biltzarra (Festivals-Events)

Baztandarren Biltzarra is the brotherhood festival of the villages of the Baztan Valley. It has been held in Elizondo since 1963 on the Sunday the fe(...)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

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