Rodriguez Zuazua, Joseba

129 articles

MAKETO (Lexicon)

El apelativo "maketo" se dice que proviene de Somorrostro, y es derivación de la palabra o voz vizcaína "makutua", que significa envoltorio. Arana G(...)Read the article

BENGOA UNANUE, Juan María (Handball)

Chino Bengoa. Pelotari a cesta punta born in Markina, Bizkaia, in 1940. At the age of 15 he was champion of Bizkaia with Ocáriz. He made his professi(...)Read the article

Harriet, Martín (Politicians and Public Officials)

Euskerólogo y notario real de Larresoro (Laburdi).Era hijo de Jean Harriet, un comerciante en tejas del país. Según refiere Haristoy, habiendo vist(...)Read the article

ASTIZ ARANGUREN, Enrique (Politicians and Public Officials)

Republican personality born on 15 July 1904 in Cadreita (Navarre). He studied law and became a lawyer. He was one of the shareholders of the Pamp(...)Read the article

VASCONGADA SHIPPING COMPANY (Services)

Public Limited Company. The Compañía Naviera Vascongada was created in Bilbao in 1899, the result of the initiative of Félix de Abásolo y Zuazo, w(...)Read the article

Gracia Armendáriz, Juan (Literary Figures)

Writer from Navarre, born in Pamplona in 1965.In his youth he went to Mexico, where he stayed from 1981 to 1983. There he began his studies in Co(...)Read the article

ECHEVARRÍA, S.A. (Industries)

A metalworking and steelmaking limited company founded in 1920 with a capital of 8 million pesetas by Federico Echevarr a Rotaeche. In reality, the co(...)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

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

GANDARIAS Y URQUIJO, Pedro (Businessmen)

Vizcan financier. President of Iberavia. Vice-president of Banco Urquijo. Vice-president of Naviera Aznar. In 1930 he was President of Portland. Advis(...)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

Gayarre Garjón, Sebastián Julián (Singers)

Lyric tenor. His voice was described as the "most beautiful, most harmonious, most fascinating, softest in nuances, in a word, most angelic" of univer(...)Read the article

Aguirre Bilbao, Xavier (Politicians and Public Officials)

Basque political and business personality, born in Bilbao on December 25, 1934.PhD in Industrial Engineering from the Bilbao Higher School of Industri(...)Read the article

NUESTRA SEÑORA DE AITZIBER (Churches)

The hermitage of Our Lady of Aitziber, in Urdiain, Navarre, is the epicenter of local legends. It has a rectangular ground plan with a three-sided pol(...)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

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

Garín Fernández de Pierola, Ramón (Politicians and Public Officials)

Politician from Alava, born in Vitoria on October 14, 1951.He was one of the founders of Unidad Alavesa (UA) and a member of its utive Committee, and (...)Read the article

Fabre, Louis Marie Hyacinthe (1807-1875) (Literary Figures)

Colaborador del príncipe de Bonaparte. Era empleado de aduanas en Ainhoa (Lapurdi). Traduce por encargo del príncipe el catecismo de Astete del nava(...)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