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Los Bocheros (Musical Groups)
A vocal ensemble from Bilbao, who especially cultivated the popular songs of Bilbao and, in general, all Basque folklore. During the early 1940s, he e(...)Read the article
Nuestra Señora del Buen Consejo School of Lekaroz (Schools)
The school was founded by the Capuchin Fathers in Lekaroz and has been in existence for 100 years (1890-1990).The first stone was blessed and laid on (...)Read the article
AMUCHÁSTEGUI, Guillermo (Handball)
Guillermo. Pelotari. Born in Ondarroa in 1911, his activities date back to 1923, when he was twelve years old. Those were the times of the Erdoza, "Is(...)Read the article
Nafarroa Beherea (Territories)
Lower Navarre, with its 1,336 km² - including Bidache and Came - is larger than Laburdi and Zuberoa, which are 857 and 789 km² respectively. It lies(...)Read the article
Cuesta Ezeiza, Arantza (Historians)
Arantza Cuesta Ezeiza is a Basque historian and cultural manager who has developed an extensive professional career in the preservation, documentation(...)Read the article
Muro Arriet, Koro (Historians)
Historian born in Hernani (Gipuzkoa) in 1967, Koro Muro Arriet has developed a solid and committed professional career in the of culture, heritage an(...)Read the article
Colonialism (Concept)
Colonialism itself is a doctrine that during the 19th and 20th centuries sought to justify the control and exploitation of numerous territories by Wes(...)Read the article
Zurbaran (Architecture)
An old tower in Bilbao (Bizkaia) that was demolished in 1878. It was located in Calle de la Torre, next to the church of Santiago; in the 15th century(...)Read the article
Tuberculosis in Gipuzkoa (Concept)
Tuberculosis, also known as white plague, is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Koch's bacillus after its discoverer in 1(...)Read the article
Beribilez (1931), Jean Etxepare Bidegorri (Literary Figures)
In 1931, the doctor Jean Etxepare (1877-1935) published the travel book Beribilez (By Car). It is the account of a journey by car through the Basque C(...)Read the article
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
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
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
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