Rodriguez Zuazua, Joseba
129 articles
ORDEN DE LOS AGUSTINOS (Religious Orders)
El origen de esta orden hay que buscarlo en el año 388 cuando su creador, San Agustín, funda su primer monasterio. Los monasterios agustinianos se e(...)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
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
Marx, Karl (Philosophers)
German philosopher (1818–1883), son of a Jewish lawyer who converted to Protestantism. He completed his studies brilliantly in Berlin, already integ(...)Read the article
IRRINTZI (Lexicon)
It is a shrill, sonorous, prolonged, one-breath cry that shepherds like to make resound on the flanks of the mountains and that the Basques in general(...)Read the article
El Concepto de Género (Concept)
The concept of gender refers to the dynamic, historical and changing process by which the meaning that being a woman or a man acquires in a given soci(...)Read the article
Chillida Belzunce, Eduardo (Painters)
A painter from Guipuzcoa born in San Sebastian in 1964, son of a sculptor.He began to develop his artistic skills at a very early age, his first engra(...)Read the article
Gainza, Manuel (Managers)
Gipuzkoan musician. Born in Tolosa on May 18, 1885, he died in Getxo on April 1, 1943.A disciple of Gorriti and Mocoroa , he was also organist of the (...)Read the article
Benedited, Miriam (Theatre and Dance)
Choreographer from Guipuzcoa, born in San Sebastian.She completed her dance studies in cities such as London and New York. She began working as a danc(...)Read the article
INGUMA (Lexicon)
A maleficent genie that appears at night in houses when the inhabitants are a. It squeezes the throat of one of them, making it difficult for them to (...)Read the article
Echeverría Pagola, Abilio (Poets)
Poet born in Ugar de Yerri (Navarra) in 1915. Died on September 9, 1997.He studied Humanities and Philosophy with the Franciscan Fathers. Later he spe(...)Read the article
NEW PHOENICIA (Lexicon)
Name given to the "Basque National State" which was to result from the unification of the Basque Countries of France and Spain under the protection of(...)Read the article
Iturbide Orduña, Emilio (Literary Figures)
Writer born in Peralta on July 10, 1915 and died in Pamplona on January 15, 1978.Settled in the Navarrese capital since childhood, he studied Philosop(...)Read the article
AGA (Lexicon)
Etymology.Basque suffix of place. Caro Baroja relates it to the Celtic -acus, -aca, by means of which and a patronymic many place names in Gaul would (...)Read the article
La marquesa de Montehermoso, Condesa de Echauz (Monarchy and Nobility)
Maria del Pilar Acedo y Sarria, daughter of José Acedo, Count of Echauz and Mara Luisa Sarria Villafa e, Countess of Vado, was born in Tolosa on Marc(...)Read the article
The overseas influence on Basque cuisine (Cuisine)
The arrival of new products from overseas (from which the word "ultramarinos", so common until not so long ago, derives to define the grocery or food (...)Read the article
De Amézaga y Zabala, Abraham (Biographies)
Writer, journalist and lecturer specialising in luxury and quality, born in Bilbao on 5 December 1974.With a degree in French Philology, the fruit of (...)Read the article
MAIRUBARATZA (Lexicon)
As for the first element of this name, see . As for baratza, we can say that in current speech it means orchard. But in the past it must also have mea(...)Read the article
DIMINUTIVE (Lexicon)
Diminutives are frequently used either to specify an objective nuance or for subjective reasons: familiarity, tenderness, contempt.A/ Wet consonants: (...)Read the article