Gebara () is a hamlet and '' concejo'' in the municipality of Barrundia,

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, Basque Country, Spain. It is a former municipality located on the banks of the

Zadorra The Zadorra is a river tributary of the Ebro in the Basque Country in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. The river flows primarily across Álava province (flowing briefly through the Treviño enclave at La Puebla de Arganzón) finally reachin ...

river.

History

The origins of Gebara are uncertain.

Koldo Mitxelena Koldo Mitxelena Elissalt () (also known as ''Luis Michelena''; 20 August 1915, Errenteria, Gipuzkoa – 11 October 1987, San Sebastián) was an eminent Spanish Basque linguist. He taught in the Department of Philology at the University of th ...

and have suggested that the toponyms () and () mentioned in

Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; , ; ; – 160s/170s AD) was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were important to later Byzantine science, Byzant ...

's works as cities of the

Varduli The Varduli were a pre-Ancient Rome, Roman tribe settled in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, in what today is the western region of the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country. Their historical territory corresponds with the current ...

could correspond to modern . Records are mute during the early Middle Ages, with the first mention occurring in a document from the 11th century about the counts of

Oñati Oñati (, ) is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the north of Spain. It has a population of approximately 10,500 and lies in a valley in the center of the Basque country. It lies abo ...

. Gebara played an important role during the

War of the Bands The War of the Bands (, ) was a civil war, really an extended series of blood feuds, in the western Basque Country (historical territory), Basque Country, Cantabria, Duchy of Gascony, Gascony, and Kingdom of Navarre, Navarre in the Late Middle A ...

of the late Middle Ages as the stronghold of the family. It was during this time that the was built. Located on top of a hill, the castle was destroyed during the

First Carlist War The First Carlist War was a civil war in Spain from 1833 to 1840, the first of three Carlist Wars. It was fought between two factions over the succession to the throne and the nature of the Monarchy of Spain, Spanish monarchy: the conservative a ...

. The Tower-palace of Guevara is located at the foot of the hill, close to the Church of the Assumption. The Brotherhood of Gebara () formerly administered the village of Gebara, as well as , and . After the municipal reforms of the 19th century, the old brotherhood was converted into a municipality. By 1887, the municipality had been merged into Barrundia.

References

External links

* Concejos in Barrundia Former municipalities in Spain {{BasqueCountry-geo-stub