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Aguirre Alberdi, Leire (Instrumentalist)
Composer. Born in Irún, she began studying music theory and piano at the age of seven. After finishing secondary school, she moved to Bordeaux (Franc(...)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
Lacalle Yabar, Tirso (Guerillas)
El Cojo de CirauquiA well-known liberal guerrilla fighter from Navarre known as ‘El Cojo de Cirauqui’. He was born in Cirauqui on 28 January 1845 (...)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
AGIRRE ARRUTI, José Luis (Rowing)
Rower from Guipúzcoa born on 8 March 1967 in Orio. A member of the Orio Olympic Rowing Club, he came sixth in the 1985 World Junior Championships and(...)Read the article
MUSKILDA (Mountains)
A 1,070-metre-high mountain in Navarre, located in the municipality of Ochagavía, in the Salazar Valley, in the southern foothills of the Abodi mount(...)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
AGUIRRE BERGARA, José Luis (Biographies)
Basque nationalist priest born in Bergara. A resident of Bilbao, he was interested in issues related to ikastolas (Basque-language schools); thus, he (...)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
Agirre Azurza, Jose Alberto (Composers)
Composer, organist and conductor. He was born in Errezil on 7 August 1886 and died in Andoain on 23 November 1973.He began his musical training with J(...)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
MARQUÉS DE ROCAVERDE (Unassigned)
Spanish noble title granted with the name Vidaurre to Fernando de Moyua y Ubilla, Vidaurre y Munibe. The current name dates back to 1701. In 1972, it (...)Read the article