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County Of Durango
The County of Durango ( eu, Durangoko Merinaldea), also known as ''Land of Durango'' and ''Merindad of Durango'', was the ancient political administration of the territory that is now known as Durangaldea, in the Basque region of Biscay. This political administration included all the towns and elizates that existed within its territory. The elizates were all governed by the Foral law, while the towns had their own law. The county of Durango was a vassal state of the Kingdom of Pamplona (later, Navarre), and in the 13th Century it became a constituent part of the Lordship of Biscay.Incorporation to the Lordship at the Auñamendi Entziklopedia (in Spanish) It has been part of the territory of Biscay since then. Its capital city was the town of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages. Population decline, counterurbanisation, the collapse of centralized authority, invasions, and mass migrations of tribes, which had begun in late antiquity, continued into the Early Middle Ages. The large-scale movements of the Migration Period, including various Germanic peoples, formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire. In the 7th century, North Africa and the Middle East—most recently part of the Eastern Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Las Navas De Tolosa
The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, known in Islamic history as the Battle of Al-Uqab ( ar, معركة العقاب), took place on 16 July 1212 and was an important turning point in the ''Reconquista'' and the medieval history of Spain. The Christian forces of King Alfonso VIII of Castile were joined by the armies of his rivals, Sancho VII of Navarre and Peter II of Aragon, in battle against the Almohad Muslim rulers of the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula. The caliph al-Nasir ('' Miramamolín'' in the Spanish chronicles) led the Almohad army, made up of people from all over the Almohad Caliphate. Background In 1195, the Almohads defeated Alfonso VIII of Castile in the Battle of Alarcos. After this victory, they took several important cities: Trujillo, Plasencia, Talavera, Cuenca, and Uclés. Then, in 1211, Muhammad al-Nasir crossed the Strait of Gibraltar with a powerful army, invaded Christian territory, and captured Salvatierra Castle, the stronghold of the knights of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atxondo
Atxondo ( es, Achondo) is a municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. Atxondo is part of the ''comarca'' of Durangaldea and has a population of 1,447 inhabitants as of 2007 according to the Spanish National Statistics Institute. Atxondo was formed by the fusion of the former municipalities of the elizates of Apatamonasterio, Arrazola and Axpe in 1962. Toponymy The name ''Atxondo'' comes from the fusion of the Basque words ''(h)A(i)tz'', which means "rock", and ''ondo'', which means ''at the side of'', then "at the side of the rock". ''Axpe'' means "under the rock". History Until 1962, Achondo was the name for a valley where three different municipalities formed by three elizates where located; Apatamonasterio, Arrazola and Axpe, each of them with history of its own. Apatamonasterio The name ''Apatamonasterio'' means "clergy monastery" and was chosen to differentiate the monastery opened here to the one in the elizate of Etxebarria. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otxandio
Otxandio (in Basque and officially, in Spanish ''Ochandiano'') is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque autonomous community, Spain. Otxandio is part of the ''comarca'' of Durangaldea and has a population of 1,269 inhabitants as of 2010 according to the Spanish National Statistics Institute. Toponymy The name of the town is documented for the first time in the 12th century. However, it would not be considered a town until the 18th century. The name in Spanish, ''Ochandiano'' is an anthroponym formed by a name and the ''-ano'' suffix, of Latin origin, probably from the evolution of the suffix ''-anum''. The origin of the word seems to come from the Basque words ''Ochoa Handia'', that may be translated as "big wolf". The name in Basque, ''Otxandio'' comes from the phonetic evolution of the Spanish variation, Ochandiano, given due to the loss of the intervocalic ''n''; from ''Ochandiano'' to ''Ochandiao'' and then ''Ochandio''. Then, the adaptati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ermua
Ermua is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. In 2019, Ermua had 15,880 inhabitants. Ermua is a town in the Durangaldea comarca of the province of Biscay in northern Spain. It is situated in a steep-sided valley beside the Río Ego, a tributary of the Deba River. Because of the steep, irregular terrain, building space is limited, and Ermua is one of the most densely populated towns in the Basque country. To the north of Ermua lies the municipality of Mallabia, to the east lies Eibar and to the south lies Zaldibar. Eibar is a larger town which lies just across the provincial border, in the province of Gipuzkoa, the two towns forming a single urban area. Ermua has grown greatly in size during the 1960s and 1970s and acts as a dormitory town to Eibar, both of them being industrial towns. Ermua and Eibar are linked by the N-634 and share a common exit from the Autopista AP-8 (AP-8), the toll road th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elorrio
Elorrio is a town and a municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the eastern part of the Provinces of Spain, province of Biscay, in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, in northern Spain. , it has a population of 7,307 inhabitants. It covers an area of 37.20 square kilometers and it has a population density of 193.58 people per square kilometer. It holds the medieval title of Most Loyal and Noble Villa ( es, Muy Noble y Muy Leal Villa). Elorrio was founded in 1356 by the Infante Tello Alfonso, Lord of Aguilar de Campoo, Tello Alfonso of Castile, who was the 20th Lordship of Biscay, Lord of Biscay, near the elizate of Saint Agustín of Etxebarria ( eu, San Agustin Etxebarria; es, San Agustín de Echevarría). Historically, San Agustin Etxebarria was part of the medieval County of Durango, and Elorrio remains part of the Comarcas of the Basque Country, comarca (local region) of Durangaldea. In 1630, Elorrio annexed Saint Agustín of Etxebarria, which to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izurtza
Izurtza (in Basque and officially, in Spanish ''Izurza'') is an elizate, town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. Izurtza is part of the ''comarca'' of Durangaldea and has a population of 270 inhabitants as of 2010 and according to the Spanish National Statistics Institute. History As happens with most of the elizates, the origins and date of foundation of the town are unknown. According to the local tales, the tower of Etxaburu, which is located on a hill above the town, was built following the orders of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius. The tower was afterwards destroyed by Henry IV of Castile and built again in the 16th century by Sancho López de Ibargüen. Also on this century the church of the town, named ''San Nicolás Obispo'' was built. Izurtza was part of the ''merindad'' of Durango, and it had voice and right to vote in the Juntas of Guerendiaga, where it occupied the seat number eleven. Geography Location Izurt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaldibar
Zaldibar (in Basque and officially, in es, Zaldívar) is an elizate, town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. Zaldibar is part of the ''comarca'' of Durangaldea and has a population of 3,043 inhabitants as of 2019 and according to the Spanish National Statistics Institute. Etymology ''Zaldibar'' can be translated from Basque as "horse valley", from ''zaldi'' (horse) and ''ibar'' (valley). The coat of arms of the town then includes a horse. ''Zaldívar'' is the name in Spanish. However, the town was named ''Zaldua'' (Basque) or ''Zaldúa'' (Spanish) until 1932. ''Zaldua'' is then translated from Basque to Spanish as "el soto", which might be referred to a ''sotobosque'', Spanish word for understory. "Valley of the Soto" is then another possible origin of the current name. Currently, ''Zaldua'' is considered an archaism and it is not used, being since 1980 ''Zaldibar'' the official name of the municipality. History The eliza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garai, Biscay
Garai (in Basque language, Basque and officially, in Spanish language, Spanish ''Garay'') is an elizate, town and municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, Spain. Garai is part of the ''comarcas of Spain, comarca'' of Durangaldea and has a population of 318 inhabitants as of 2009 according to the Spanish National Statistics Institute. Toponymy The complete name of the elizate was ''San Miguel de Garay'', but the municipality was named just "Garay". The name may have two different origins; one due its geographical location, as Garai is located in the upper area of Durangaldea and ''garai'' is the Basque language, Basque word for "upper" or "the upper part"; but also, the name might be related to the hórreos, very common in this area of Biscay and that have the Basque name of ''garaidxe''. Then, ''San Miguel de Garay'' could be translated as "San Miguel of the upper part" of "San Miguel o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iurreta
Iurreta is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Autonomous Community, northern Spain. Incorporated into the municipality of Durango in 1926, Iurreta regained its independent status in 1990. The traditional ''anteiglesia'' or town meeting system of local government Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loca ... was revived. External links IURRETA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) References Municipalities in Biscay {{basque-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mañaria
Mañaria (both in Basque and Spanish) is an elizate, town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. Mañaria is part of the ''comarca'' of Durangaldea and has a population of 459 inhabitants as of 2006 according to the Spanish National Statistics Institute. History As happens with most of the elizates, little is known about the early history of the town and its foundation. Prehistoric deposits of Magdalenian and Neolithic origin have been found in the caves of Silibranka, Kobazar and Atxuri, among others. A Visigoth liturgical vase of the 7th Century has also been found. Mañaria was part of the ''merindad'' of Durango, and it had voice and right to vote in the Juntas of Guerendiaga, where it occupied the seat number four. On the 18th Century the construction of the Royal Road connecting the city of Vitoria with the coast of Biscay going through Urkiola meant the realignment of the town's location, making it the central axis of the mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
