This annexation affected one of the most famous natives of Abando, Sabino Arana, and was one of the driving forces for the inception of the Basque nationalism.
Sabino Cassese | Tomas Arana | Francisco Infante-Arana | Sabino Arana | Sabino High School | Julio César Arana | Hugo Arana |
Sabino Arana interpreted it as a solar symbol, supporting his theory of a Basque solar cult based on wrong etymologies, in the first number of Euzkadi.