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HARO HOUSE (Unassigned)

An ancient lineage whose origins are not yet clear. For many generations the lords of Vizcaya belonged to this house. The surname Haro was taken by th(...)Read the article

CALLEJO SOROZABAL, Begoña (Sportsmen)

Begoña Callejo (1964-2022), was an outstanding coach, player and manager, pioneer of women's basketball.At the age of 9 she started playing in the Ca(...)Read the article

ARISTRAIN NOAIN, José María (Businessmen)

Basque businessman. In 1955 he founded the company of his name, a foundry and rolling mill specialising in magnetic sheet metal and profiles, which gr(...)Read the article

AGUIRRE CORTAJARENA, Antonio (Athletics)

An athlete from Guipúzcoa born on 13 June 1932 in Urnieta, who took part in the Cross Country World Championships in 1954 and 1955. Records: 5:53.0 ((...)Read the article

Nicolás Usarraga, José Javier (Musicians)

Tenor. He was born in Pamplona (Navarre) on 26 January 1962. At the age of fifteen he joined the "Orfeón Pamplonés". In 1979 he began his singing st(...)Read the article

ARRIAGA, Fausto Antonio de (Businessmen)

One of the pioneers of the paper industry in the Basque Country. He was from Durango and started up the first rudimentary mill in Bizkaia, around 1780(...)Read the article

Jado Ventades, Laureano (Biographies)

Philanthropist and mining engineer born in Mungia. He died in Bilbao on December 13, 1926.He contributed to the creation of the Museum of Fine Arts, w(...)Read the article

LINEAGE AND LORDS OF AYALA (Unassigned)

Lope García de Salazar describes the origins of this lineage as follows: "At the time when King Alfonso of Castile reigned, when he won Toledo, a bas(...)Read the article

COUNCIL OF MAÇON (Entities)

In the French city of Maçon, in order to proceed against the bishops who had supported Gondovald, King Gontran convened this Council, which met on 23(...)Read the article

Dr. Aguirre (Teachers)

San Sebastián. Professor at the University of Salamanca.Read the article

Conservas Garavilla (Industries)

Conservas Garavilla, S.A. was set up on 7 June 1922, with its registered office in Bilbao and a capital of 500,000 Pts., represented by one hundred fu(...)Read the article

BERMINGHAM, Family (Unassigned)

An important bourgeois family from San Sebastian in the commercial field during the 18th and 19th centuries. Ricardo Bermingham arrived in San Sebasti(...)Read the article

ARANZABAL, Amaia (Mountain)

Amaia Aranzabal, born December 8, 1963 in Bergara, Gipuzkoa, is a prominent Basque mountaineer and high school teacher. Her name has become synonymous(...)Read the article

Aguirre Echeverría, Roque (Historians)

Religious historian from Guipúzcoa, born in Aozaratza (Aretxabaleta) in 1894 and died in Deusto (Bilbao) in 1946. A Passionist, he was Provincial of (...)Read the article

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

LADUCHE, Pampi (Handball)

Pelotari, son of the champion Joseph Laduche, was born in Ascain on July 13, 1955. At the age of seventeen, he won the Open Cup in trinquet, playing w(...)Read the article

LICONA Y BALDA, Marina Sáenz de (Biographies)

(15th century) [Azkoitia, Deba, Ondarroa?]. She was the mother of Saint Ignatius. There are conjectural reasons for attributing any of the three place(...)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