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Loredan Act (Historical Sources)
A doctrinal document of Basque traditionalism drawn up in 1897 by a commission under the presidency of the pretender Charles VII at his residence in V(...)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
Banco de San Sebastián (Donostiako Bankua), 1909-1975 (Industries)
The gestation and trajectory of the Banco de San Sebastián, founded in 1909, was very particular. The creation of what we could call the new Banco de(...)Read the article
Reparaz López, Lourdes (Sportsmen)
Lourdes Reparaz López, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 10 February 1948 - Vitoria-Gasteiz, 23 October 1999, was an outstanding sportswoman from Alava, a pioneer in (...)Read the article
Banco de Vizcaya (Services)
Banco de Vizcaya was set up in 1901 as a mixed trading and investment bank, and early on it penetrated the Spanish industrial and energy sector, creat(...)Read the article
CORTA ELIZONDO, Jose Luis (Regattas)
He was born in the Ortzaika district of Orihuela (his father was from Pasajes de San Juan) on 25 April 1949. Although he started working at sea as a f(...)Read the article
LAZKANO AGIRRE, Jon (Mountain)
Alpinist, internationally recognised expert on big walls with leading activities in Patagonia and Baltoro, discoverer of little-known places. He was b(...)Read the article
Peréx Agorreta, María Jesús (Historians)
Historian. Graduate in Geography and History, specialising in Ancient History, from the Complutense University of Madrid and PhD in Ancient History fr(...)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
Díaz De Espada Buesa, María Paz (Painters)
A watercolourist, painter and engraver, she was born in Vitoria on 14 December 1931.A member of the Agrupación de Acuarelistas Vascos, with which she(...)Read the article
Sociedad para la Promoción y Reconversión Industrial (Services)
SPRISPRI, an acronym for Sociedad para la Promoción y Reconversión Industrial, its original name, is a development agency created by the Basque Gove(...)Read the article
AIN (Lexicon)
Etymology.-AIN. A very common suffix as an ending for Basque place names and surnames. It may have different origins depending on the case. Its area c(...)Read the article
González Vesga, José Manuel (Historians)
Historian from Bilbao, with a degree in History from the University of Deusto.He is a civil servant in Bilbao City Council. He is co-author, together (...)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
ARTIKUTZA (Neighbourhoods)
Estate belonging to Donostia-San Sebastián (Gipuzkoa), located in the Navarrese town of Goizueta.In 1919, the Donostia-San Sebastián Town Council bo(...)Read the article
ANSÓ ERASUN, José Joaquín (Handball)
Navarrese pelota player born in Oiz-Oitz (Maldaerreka) on 16 February 1957. Although he was a handball player, he was junior champion in 1973, in the (...)Read the article
The Ubao Case (Concept)
Adelaida de Ubao e Icaza, a young girl from Bilbao under the age of 18, from a very Catholic and wealthy family, decided to enter the convent of the H(...)Read the article
Paliza Monduate, María Teresa (Historians)
A contemporary art historian of Biscayan descent, she was born in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) into a family of Indianos, natives of the municip(...)Read the article
Arvizu Galarraga, Fernando (Jurists)
Navarrese lawyer born in Pamplona on 14 October 1950. Doctorate in Law from the University of Navarre (1975). 1978 and 1979 he was a lecturer in Histo(...)Read the article
GROS, Tomas (Biographies)
A neighbour of Donostia-San Sebastián who gave his name to one of the most popular neighbourhoods of modern Donostia. When the City Council decided i(...)Read the article