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La Hoya

La Hoya, Alava, an important Bronze-Iron Age town of Biasteri (Alava, Basque Country)


Apellániz

Apellániz (Apiñaniz in Basque) is a town located in the municipality of Arraia-Maeztu, in the province of Álava (Araba), in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.

Barriobusto

Barriobusto (Gorrebusto in Basque) is a town located in the municipality of Oyón-Oion, in the province of Álava (Araba), in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.

Basque literature

Next is a recently discovered pastoral play by Joan Perez de Lazarraga (1548?—1605) by the name of Silbero, Silbia, Doristeo and Sirena that was produced between 1564 and 1567 in Larrea, Alava and is the earliest surviving play in Basque.

Basque Nationalist Party

The celebration takes place in an open air arena (currently in Foronda, Álava), and lasts until nightfall.

Basque Radical Rock

The bands receiving most votes in each Basque Spanish province were performing, namely RIP (from Gipuzkoa), Hertzainak (from Álava), Barricada (from Navarre) and Zarama (from Biscay).

Botanical Garden of Santa Catalina

This marriage increased the power of the Iruña in Vitoria and in the provinces of Alava and established ties between the families, who were members of different political parties.

Carlos Garaikoetxea

In 1985 nevertheless, major divergences with the direction of his party (Law of Historical Territories, personal clash with the president of the Basque Nationalist Party, Xabier Arzalluz, expulsion of all the organization in Navarre) created a major split inside EAJ-PNV and Garaikoetxea, leading one of the factions (with greater support in Guipuscoa, Navarre and Vitoria-Gasteiz, but not in Biscay nor the Araban countryside), he was replaced by José Antonio Ardanza in 1985.

Corres

Corres (Korres in Basque) is a town located in the municipality of Arraia-Maeztu, in the province of Álava (Araba), in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.

Domaikia

Domaikia is a town located in the municipality of Zuia, in the province of Álava (Araba), in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.

Fernán González of Castile

Fernán gathered under his control a strong military force composed of troops from the counties of Burgos, Asturias, Santillana, Lantaron, Álava, Castile, and Lara.

Francisco Galdós

Francisco Galdós Gauna (born on May 6, 1947 in Lasarte, Álava) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist.

Gardelegi

Gardelegi (in Spanish, Gardélegui) is a village in the municipality of Vitoria-Gasteiz in the province of Alaba, in the Basque Autonomous Community in Spain.

Ildefonso Elorreaga

Ildefonso Elorreaga (Álava, Spain; 1782 - † Chacabuco, Chile; February 12, 1817) was a Spanish Army officer who participated in the Chilean War of Independence.

Jean Louis Barthélemy O'Donnell

He became successively super-intendant of the provinces of Alava, Biscay, and Guipúzcoa in the Basque region of northern Spain, and later in Valladolid.

Juanito Oiarzabal

In recognition of his sports achievements, he has been officially received by outstanding officials and personalities: The Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council, Diputación Foral de Álava, the Lehendakari (Basque President), the former Spanish prime Minister (Aznar) and the King of Spain, Juan Carlos de Borbón.

Julián de Zulueta, 1st Marquis of Álava

Born in Anúcita, Álava, son of Domingo Timoteo de Zulueta y de Salcedo, de Lezameta y Ugarte and wife Manuela Estefania de Amondo y Barañano and a first cousin of Andrés de Isasi, 1st Marquis of Barambio.

La Hoya

La Hoya, Salamanca, a small municipality of Salamanca province, Spain

Langarika

Langarika is a town located in the municipality of Iruraiz-Gauna, in the province of Álava (Araba), in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.

Las Merindades

It is bounded on the north-west by the province of Cantabria, north-east by the province of Biscay, south by La Bureba, south-east by Ebro, south-west by Páramos, and on the east by the province of Álava.

Lordship of Biscay

The award was ratified in 1179: the left bank of the River Nervión became part of Castile, while the rest of Biscay, Durangaldea and Álava (east from the Bayas River) were to stay with Navarre.

Mikel Álvaro

Mikel Álvaro Salazar (born 20 December 1982 in Amurrio, Álava) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Inter Baku PIK in Azerbaijan, as a midfielder.

Monbar Hotel attack

He was believed to have been part of a cell which had been particularly active in 1979 in attacks in the province of Álava.

Oyon

Oyón-Oion— a municipality in Álava province, Spain (officially, Oyón-Oion)

Park of Armentia

The park of Armentia, commonly known as "El bosque de Armentia", is a gall-oak forest located between Vitoria-Gasteiz and the Mountains of Vitoria, in the province of Álava and of the autonomous community of the Basque Country in northern Spain.

Salvatierra

Salvatierra/Agurain, a municipality in the province of Álava, Basque Country, Spain

Salvatierra/Agurain

As a result, the king founded various strongholds or free towns (salvas terras, seguras and villas francas) over the lands of Gipuzkoa and Álava in route to Gascony through the northern Way of St. James, with a view at the same time to fostering Castilian trade.

Subic rape case

She also said that just before midnight of November 1, 2005, Smith raped her inside a moving Starex van at Alava Pier in Subic.

Treviño

After the comarca was conquered in 1199–1200 by Alfonso VIII of Castile, it retained the name of Ivita, Ibidam, or Uda and continued to be identified as a specific part of the land of Álava, as is clearly indicated in De rebus Hispaniae by archbishop Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada.

Urkabustaiz

Urkabustaiz or Urkabustaiz is a municipality located in the province of Araba (Álava), in the Basque Country (autonomous community), northern Spain.

Valle de Villaverde

In 1979, deputies (congressmen) Xabier Arzalluz of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) and Juan María Bandrés of Euskadiko Ezkerra, affirmed that Article 8 of the then-new Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country was intended to integrate the enclave of Treviño into Álava and the enclave of Villaverde into Biscay.

War of the Three Sanchos

Castile retook Álava, the Montes de Oca, and Pancorvo, as well as Bureba and Alta Rioja, but the conflict ended in a stalemate 1067 when the death of Sancha of León, Ferdinand's widow, opened the way to war between Ferdinand's sons.

Zalduondo

Zalduondo is a village and municipality located in the province of Araba (Álava), in the Basque Country (autonomous community), northern Spain.


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