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GEOGRAPHY (ÁLAVA-ARABA: HYDROGRAPHY) (Unassigned)

The geographical heart of Alava is the Zadorra basin, just as the basins of Guipúzcoa, Vizcaya and Navarre are the basins of the Oria, the Ibaizábal(...)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

MUNICIPAL SAVINGS BANK AND MONTE DE PIEDAD OF BILBAO (1907-1989) (Services)

FoundationThe Bilbao City Council, following the instructions received from the State Government, tried to create a Savings Bank in the Biscayan capit(...)Read the article

Pielhoff, Gertrud (Sculptors)

Gertrud Pielhoff (1938-2023) was a German ceramist renowned for her innovative work in the field of contemporary ceramics. Trained in Germany, her wor(...)Read the article

Eguizabal, Juan Jose (Sculptors)

Contemporary sculptor, born in Logroño in 1961. He lives and works in Vitoria.He became known on the Alava scene in the mid-1980s thanks to the Sculp(...)Read the article

Epalza López de Lerena, Domingo (Politicians and Public Officials)

Politician, born in Bilbao on 26 October 1884. He died in Donibane Lohitzune (San Juan de Luz) on 18 March 1956.He studied law at the University of De(...)Read the article

LENITZ, Valley of (Valleys)

Valley in the province of Gipuzkoa. It is located in the SW part of the province, close to Alava. Although geographically larger, today it is bordered(...)Read the article

Bilbao Delgado, Iñaki (Painters)

Biscayan painter, born in Bilbao in 1956. Son of the photographer Iñaki Bilbao Bilbao.In 1978 he qualified as a drawing teacher at the Bilbao School (...)Read the article

Ariño Altuna, Santos (Singers)

Baritone born in Caracas (Venezuela) in 1954.He made his first musical studies with his mother Luke Altuna. He began his singing studies with Professo(...)Read the article

Maristas (Schools)

Institute of the Marist Brothers of Education. Religious institute founded by the French Blessed Marcellin Champagnat, born on 20 May 1789 in Le Rosay(...)Read the article

Lanas Muru, Raimundo (Singers)

A celebrated singer of jota navarra, born in Murillo el Fruto (Navarre) on January 23, 1908. He died in Fuendejalón (Zaragoza) on December 31, 1939. (...)Read the article

Barañano Letamendia, Kosme María de (Historians)

Art historian, critic and teacher, born in Bilbao (Bizkaia) on 30 May 1952.He is one of the greatest specialists in the work of Eduardo Chillida, as w(...)Read the article

Maeztu Whitney, María de (Teachers)

Pedagogue from Alava, pioneer of modern pedagogy and women's liberation in Spain. She was born in Vitoria on 18 July 1881, to a father from Alava (an (...)Read the article

Maia Soria, Jon (Bertso Singers)

Bertsolari born in Urretxu (Gipuzkoa) on 24 June 1972.When he was six years old, his family moved to Zumaia, where he still lives today. He studied Ba(...)Read the article

Sota Mac Mahon, Ramon de la (Military)

Head of the "Basque Services" of the Basque exile in Argentina. Born in Bilbao on 27 September 1915, died in 1971.During the Second World War he belon(...)Read the article

Castellano de la Puente, Rafael (Columnists)

Writer and journalist born in Madrid in 1943, although his whole life has been linked to the Basque Country.Although as a young man he devoted himself(...)Read the article

Loma Arguelles, José María de (Military)

Liberal general, born in Salinas de Añana (Álava) in 1822 and died in 1893.When he was still very young (16 years old), he joined the army as a(...)Read the article

Ayestarán Picabea, Antxon (Managers)

Musician from Guipuzcoa, born in the Unanue-Berri farmhouse in the Añorga neighbourhood of Donostia on 14 April 1939. He died in a traffic accident i(...)Read the article