Ondarroa is a town and

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located in the province of

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, in the autonomous community of the

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, northern

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Main sights

*Church of St. Mary, in late

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style (late 15th century) *Likona Tower, a typical Basque tower-house. *Itsas Aurre Bridge, designed by

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File:Ondarroa, torre Likona 2.JPG, Likona Tower File:Ondarro 1.jpg, Church of St. Mary File:Ondarroa - Puente Viejo (Zubi Zaharrra) 2bis.jpg, Old Bridge File:Itsas aurre zubia.JPG, Itsas Aurre Bridge

People

* Pedro Maria Unanue (1814-1846) *

Txomin Agirre Txomin is a Basque translation of the name Dominic. People with the name * Txomin Acedo (1898–1980), Spanish footballer * Txomin Artola, of the band Haizea * Txomin Juaristi (born 1995), Spanish cyclist * Txomin Larrainzar (born 1969), Span ...

(1864-1920) * Agustin Zubikarai (1914-2004) * Karmele Urresti Iturrioz (1916-2010) * Dina Bilbao (1960-1997) - athlete * Ana Urkiza (b. 1969) - writer *

Kirmen Uribe Kirmen Uribe (pronounced ; born October 5, 1970) is a Basque language writer. He won the National Prize for Literature in Spain in 2009 for his first novel ''Bilbao-New York-Bilbao,'' which has been translated into over 15 languages. His poe ...

(b. 1970) - writer *

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(b. 1994) -

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for

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and

, previously of

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Twin towns

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, Italy * Borj,

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References

External links

ONDARROA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)

Ondarroa Town Hall

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