The Agorregi Forge is located within the
Pagoeta Nature Reserve
Pagoeta Natural Park is a park in Spain. Mount Pagoeta is closest to the villages of Aia and Laurgain, and near the coastal towns of Zarautz and Orio, Spain, Orio. The park features a park house, a museum, and picnic areas. Group guided tours ar ...
, near the town of
Aia AIA or A.I.A. or Aia may refer to:
Aia
* Aia, a small town in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, Spain
* Aia, current Kutaisi, ancient capital of Colchis
* Aia, another name for Aea (Malis), an ancient town in Greece
* ''Aia'', the collected ed ...
, in the
Basque Province of
Gipuzkoa, Spain. It is one of the best preserved examples of a
foundry in
Gipuzkoa province. The forge which can be seen today is a built in 1754 by the lord of Laurgain Palace over the ruins of an earlier version. Lying at the bottom of a deep valley near Manterola farmhouse, it used the river's
hydraulic energy
Hydropower (from el, ὕδωρ, "water"), also known as water power, is the use of falling or fast-running water to produce electricity or to power machines. This is achieved by converting the gravitational potential or kinetic energy of a wa ...
to power its great
bellows and turn its waterwheels.
References
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Agorregi (gipuzkoakultura.net)gipuzkoakultura.net
Buildings and structures in the Basque Country (autonomous community)
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