Barrón is a hamlet and '' concejo'' in the municipality of

Ribera Alta/Erriberagoitia Ribera Altain Spanish or Erriberagoitia in Basque is a municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country of northern Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe wit ...

, in

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province, Basque Country, Spain.

Geography

Barrón is located at above sea level, on the slopes of the . It is surrounded by

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and

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forests and cultivated fields. Barrón formerly belonged to the ''hermandad'' and municipality of Lacozmonte.

Landmarks

The most notable buildings in Barrón are the house-tower of the Barrón y Mendoza family (a Gothic building from the 14th century) and the ''

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'' of Barrón (a moat-like structure with convergent walls that was once used to hunt

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References

External links

* Concejos in Ribera Alta/Erriberagoitia {{BasqueCountry-geo-stub