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GEOGRAPHY (GIPUZKOA: HYDROGRAPHY) (Unassigned)

The rivers of Gipuzkoa, which belong to the Cantabrian slope, have a short course. The longest is 80 km. But the waters of the tiny area of Gipuzkoa A(...)Read the article

Pedro Mayo (Industries)

A Navarrese company founded in the 1960s by Pedro Mayo Etuláin, a native of Ochagavia/Otsagabia (Navarre), in Calle Zapatería in Pamplona. He manufa(...)Read the article

Lavilla Munarriz, Félix (Instrumentalist)

Navarrese concert pianist and composer, born in Pamplona on 11 June 1928. Died in Madrid on 14 January 2013.He studied with José María Iraola in San(...)Read the article

Arretxe, Eva (Technicians)

Costume designer. Born in 1965 and died in 2020.Read the article

Ambar Elkartea (Entities)

Ambar Elkartea: A Legacy in the Conservation of the Marine Fauna of the Basque CountryThe society for the study and conservation of the marine fauna o(...)Read the article

Areizaga, Txema (Technicians)

Basque camera operator. He began his professional career in 1983 as a lighting assistant in a production company and in 1989 he worked as an electrici(...)Read the article

Goñi Auzmendi, Mirentxu (Ethnographers)

Ethnographer from Guipuzcoa born in Tolosa on 24 February 1925.Professionally trained as a commercial expert. A collaborator with the Etniker-Gipuzkoa(...)Read the article

Tamborrada (Concept)

A characteristic celebration of the patron saint's day festivities of the city of San Sebastian, which since relatively recent times has also been hel(...)Read the article

Yarza Arregui, Lucía Demetria (Biographies)

Modern businesswoman born in the parish of Begoña in 1847 and died in Bilbao in 1927Lucía Demetria Yarza Arregui, the businesswoman who bought the L(...)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

UNIÓN QUÍMICA DEL NORTE DE ESPAÑA (Industries)

Unión Química del Norte de España, S.A. (UNQUINESA) was set up in Bilbao on 2 December 1939 with a share capital of three million pesetas contribut(...)Read the article

Blazy, Edmond (Literary Figures)

Priest and promoter born on 22 February 1907 in Ussat, in the Occitan Pyrenees.Co-founder and first director of the Bayonne magazine Gure Herria (1921(...)Read the article

MARITIME COMPANY OF NERVIÓN (Services)

Public Limited Company. The Compañía Marítima del Nervión was set up in Bilbao on 16 May 1907, as a result of the merger of the Compañía Anónim(...)Read the article

Arzallus Egiguren, Jexux (Bertso Singers)

Bertsolari born in the Agerre de Goiaz farmhouse in Bidegoian (Gipuzkoa) on 31 October 1954.A political refugee in Iparralde, he lives in Hendaye (Lap(...)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

BENGOA UNANUE, Juan María (Handball)

Chino Bengoa. Pelotari a cesta punta born in Markina, Bizkaia, in 1940. At the age of 15 he was champion of Bizkaia with Ocáriz. He made his professi(...)Read the article

ASTIZ ARANGUREN, Enrique (Politicians and Public Officials)

Republican personality born on 15 July 1904 in Cadreita (Navarre). He studied law and became a lawyer. He was one of the shareholders of the Pamp(...)Read the article

VASCONGADA SHIPPING COMPANY (Services)

Public Limited Company. The Compañía Naviera Vascongada was created in Bilbao in 1899, the result of the initiative of Félix de Abásolo y Zuazo, w(...)Read the article

Aguinagalde Olaizola, Francisco Borja (Historians)

Archivist and historian from Guipuzcoa, born in San Sebastian on 22 June 1958.He holds a degree in History from the University of Deusto. He furthered(...)Read the article

Gracia Armendáriz, Juan (Literary Figures)

Writer from Navarre, born in Pamplona in 1965.In his youth he went to Mexico, where he stayed from 1981 to 1983. There he began his studies in Co(...)Read the article