Arostegi, Agustín

52 articles

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

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

CONSTITUCIÓN, Plaza de la (Streets)

Plaza principal de San Sebastián denominada anteriormente «Nueva», ubicada en el centro neurálgico de la Parte Vieja de la ciudad. Lleva en la act(...)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

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

Aranzabal Salegi, Faustino (Painters)

Painter from Guipuzcoa, born in San Sebastian in 1968.Graduated in Applied Arts in Zaragoza in 1989. From 1987-89 he attended a series of painting wor(...)Read the article

Calleja, Seve (Literary Figures)

Writer and critic of children's and young people's fiction, born in Zamora in 1953, although he has lived in the Basque Country since he was a child, (...)Read the article

SOTA ABURTO, Ramon de la (Businessmen)

Biscayan politician and financier, son of Sir Ramón de la Sota y Llano, born in Getxo in 1887. A student of Resurrección María de Azkue in his yout(...)Read the article

Azkarate, Isabel (Photographers)

Photographer from Guipuzcoa, born in San Sebastian in 1950.She studied at the International Centre of Photography in Barcelona and later attended vari(...)Read the article

Ariño Altuna, Santos (Singers)

Baritone born in Caracas (Venezuela) in 1954.He made his first musical studies with his mother Luke Altuna. He began his singing studies with Professo(...)Read the article

Maeztu Whitney, María de (Teachers)

Pedagogue from Alava, pioneer of modern pedagogy and women's liberation in Spain. She was born in Vitoria on 18 July 1881, to a father from Alava (an (...)Read the article

Sota Mac Mahon, Ramon de la (Military)

Head of the "Basque Services" of the Basque exile in Argentina. Born in Bilbao on 27 September 1915, died in 1971.During the Second World War he belon(...)Read the article

Ayestarán Picabea, Antxon (Managers)

Musician from Guipuzcoa, born in the Unanue-Berri farmhouse in the Añorga neighbourhood of Donostia on 14 April 1939. He died in a traffic accident i(...)Read the article

Battle of La Peña Lemona (Concept)

During the 1936-1939 war, the possession of Peña Lemona was fiercely disputed by both sides. Its proximity to the Bilbao Belt -4 Kms. - and to the Bi(...)Read the article

AMAÑA, Andoni (Boxing)

Antonio Sáez. Boxer born in Salamanca on 25 April 1953, settled early in Eibar, Gipuzkoa.Spanish Welterweight Champion in 1977; champion on five occa(...)Read the article

BASAGOITI ZABALA, Alfontso (Businessmen)

Biscayan businessman born in Madrid in 1948. Graduate in Economics. In 1983 he was appointed deputy for the Treasury and Finance of the Provincial Cou(...)Read the article

Urbeltz Navarro, Juan Antonio (Anthropologists)

Antropólogo y folklorista. Nacido en Pamplona en 1940 y radicado en San Sebastián (Gipuzkoa).En 1958 ingresó en el grupo de danza Goizaldi, pasando(...)Read the article

BAZTARRICA GARIJO, José María (Traders)

In 2004 he was utive Chairman of Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A. (CAF) in Beasain, a position he had held since 1991.Translated with (...)Read the article