Arostegi, Agustín

103 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

Ortiz Alfau, Rafael (Painters)

Painter. Born in Bilbao in 1935, he died in the same city on January 28, 2000.A largely self-taught painter, he studied Modern Art in Paris 1961 and (...)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

IDOIA (Hermits)

Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de Idoia. It is in Navarre, in the municipality of Isaba. It is located 15 minutes from the town, opposite the centre of (...)Read the article

Sanz Ramírez, Carlos (Painters)

Basque painter, artist, and poet, belonging to the figurative movement that emerged in Guipúzcoa in the late 1960s. Born in San Sebastián (1943), he(...)Read the article

CONSTITUTION, Plaza de la (Streets)

Main square of San Sebastian, previously called "New", located in the nerve center of the Old Part of the city. Currently it bears the name of "18 de (...)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

Urko (Singers)

José Antonio Larra aga Etxabe, known artistically as Urko , is a prominent Basque singer-songwriter born on March 12, 1948, in Donostia , Gipuzkoa. H(...)Read the article

Sistiaga Mosso, José Antonio (Painters)

Guipuzcoan painter born in Donostia on 4 May 1932.He began creating his first impressionist-style works at the age of 17. From 1954 to 1961, he lived (...)Read the article

Marrodán, Mario Ángel (Poets)

Poet. Born in Portugalete in 1932, died on July 6, 2005 in Bilbao.He studied high school in Bilbao and graduated in Law from the University of Madrid.(...)Read the article

IKUSI - ÁNGEL IGLESIAS (Industries)

Public Limited Company. In 1949, Ángel Iglesias, the current president of IKUSI and its alma mater, founded a small electrical material and repair wo(...)Read the article

MATÍA CALVO, Jose (Businessmen)

Businessman and philanthropist from Alava born in Llodio on 6 June 1806. Dedicated to trade in Manila (1821) as a clerk in a strong house, he left it (...)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

MARTÍNEZ DE LAS RIVAS, José María (Businessmen)

A pioneering businessman in Biscayan industry, he was born in Bilbao in 1850 and died in Madrid in 1913.He acquired the San Francisco del Desierto fac(...)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