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Astelena Fronton
The Astelena fronton, nicknamed ''Cathedral of Basque Hand-pelota'', is a Fronton (court), fronton located in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. Astelena is a short 41 meter-long fronton where hand-pelota and pala modalities are played. The field has a width of 11 m, and the wall a height of 9 m. It was inaugurated in 1904 and has been renovated on several occasions, most recently between 2006 and 2007, to meet current needs. The finals of the 1st Hand-Pelota singles championship (1946, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1966, 1973 and 1999) and the Cuatro y Medio Euskadi Championship final of 1992 were played at the Astelena. History The fronton was inaugurated in 1904 on the Feast of St John, the patron saint of Eibar, with a game to 22 points between local players ''Tacolo'' and ''Cantabria''. In October of the same year, Francisco Irusta, a local resident, presented a project to cover the open-air fronton, which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eibar
Eibar ( eu, Eibar, es, Éibar) is a city and municipality within the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country of Spain. It is the head town of Debabarrena, one of the '' eskualde / comarca'' of Gipuzkoa. Eibar has 27,138 inhabitants ( Eustat, 2018). Its chief industry is metal manufacturing, and has been known since the 16th century for the manufacture of armaments, particularly finely engraved small arms. It was also the home of Serveta scooters. It is home to the SD Eibar football team. Geography Eibar lies at an altitude of 121m above sea level, in the west of the province of Gipuzkoa, right next to Biscay. Eibar has an oceanic climate. The town lies in a narrow valley in a mountainous area, the highest mountains are between 700 and 800 metres high. Eibar is traversed by river Ego, which is a tributary of the Deba. Apart from the urban area, the municipality consists of five rural neighbourhoods: Otaola-Kinarraga, Aginaga, Arrate, Mandiola and Gorosta. History The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goñi I
Goñi may refer to: * Goñi, Navarre, a village in northern Spain * ''Almirante Goñi'', the former name of the ship HMS ''Broke'' (1914) People with the surname * Adrien Goñi (born 1988), Spanish football player * Ainhoa Goñi (born 1979), Spanish tennis player * Ana Goñi (born 1953), Venezuelan rally driver * Antonio Peña y Goñi (1846–1896), Spanish musicologist * Ascensión Nicol y Goñi (1868–1940), Spanish Roman Catholic religious sister * Carlos Goñi Zubieta (born 1963), Spanish philosopher, writer and teacher * Ernesto Goñi (born 1985), Uruguayan football player * Eñaut Zubikarai (born 1984), Spanish football player * Gonzalo Goñi (born 1998), Argentinian football player * Iker Muniain (born 1992), Spanish football player * Iosu Goñi Leoz Leoz (born 1990), Spanish handball player * Itsaso Leunda (born 1984), Spanish racing cyclist * Javier Goñi Lopéz (born 1986), Spanish swimmer * José Goñi, Chilean diplomat and politician * Mayra Goñi, Peruvian actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús García Ariño
Jesus ( AD 30 or 33) was a Jewish preacher and religious leader who most Christians believe to be the incarnation of God and Muslims believe was a prophet. Jesus may also refer to: People Religious figures * Elymas Bar-Jesus, a Jew in the ''Acts of the Apostles'', chapter 13, who opposed the missionary Paul on Cyprus * Jesus Barabbas (Matthew 27:16–17 margin), pardoned criminal * Jesus Justus (Colossians 4:11), Christian in Rome mentioned by Paul Other people with the name * Jesus (name), as given name and surname, derived from the Latin name ''Iesus'' and the Greek ('). * Jesus ben Ananias (died ), Jewish nationalist mentioned by Josephus * Jesus Ben Sira (), religious writer, author of the Book of Sirach * Jesus Christ Allin or GG Allin (1956–1993), American punk rock musician * Jesús González Díaz (born 1994), simply known as Jesús, Spanish footballer * Jesús Malverde, legendary Mexican bandit-saint * Jesús Rodríguez (other) * Gabriel Jesus (born 1997) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Gallastegui
Miguel Gallastegui Ariznavarreta (25 February 1918 – 4 January 2019) was a Gipuzkoan pelotari (a Basque pelota Basque pelota ( Basque: '' pilota'', Spanish: '' pelota vasca'', French: '' pelote basque'') is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall (''frontis or fronto ... player). He debuted on 29 June 1936 and played the sport until 1960. References External links * 1918 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Akarregi
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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