Tag: history of the basques
When Basque iron was the world standard for quality
We just wrote an entry about the naming of Father Luis Ugalde SJ as a “Numbered Individua of the Venezuelan National History Academy”.
During the...
Martín de Murua, the Basque who wrote about the Incas of...
![Tomado de la obra Códice Murúa: Historia y genealogía de los reyes incas del Perú del padre mercedario fray Martín de Murúa: códice Galvin (2004 [1590]). En el brazo del personaje se puede leer: "Vila Oma" y en la pierna del mismo: "El gran pontífice del Inga"; ambas inscripciones dan cuenta de la alta jerarquía del individuo, la cual se ve a su vez reforzada mediante el uso de la diadema en forma de media luna, el brazalete o chipana, bastón de mando y el adorno de barbilla.](https://aboutbasquecountry.eus/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/historia-general-del-piru-martin-de-murua-324x235.jpg "Martín de Murua, the Basque who wrote about the Incas of Peru in a 16th century illustrated story")
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Jorge Paredes Laos has just published an interesting article in the Peruvian daily El Comercio about the life...
Viewpoints: Tudela (or, Tudela Turns Me On)
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Since we started our “Viewpoints” section, our goal has always been to travel through every place within the...
Air Canada travels to San Sebastian to discover the ciderhouses and...
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Renowned Canadian chef and food critic Chris Nuttall-Smith, writing for the Air Canada magazine, has just published an...
UPV/EHU & Oxford: Burials, eating, and social structures 5,000 years ago
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We never cease to be amazed at Science’s ability to reach huge conclusions through the smallest details. In...
The stories of the Basques engraved in the poplars of the...
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We’ve spoken before about the arboglyphs on our blog: an extraordinary, and perishable, heritage the Basques who went...
Hilarión Sarrionandia: the Basque who wrote the first grammar of the...
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The land of Rif, where the Riffians live, in modern-day Morocco, is a land of sad memories for...
Suakai plays the music from “Game of Thrones” surrounded by Navarrese...
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Suakai is a truly interesting project. It brings together a large number of professional Navarrese musicians and offers...
From Ireland, 1975: a terrible year for the Basques
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Stewart Reddin is a member of the Irish Stoneybatter & Smithfield People’s History Project, as well as being...
Viewpoints: The El Pobal forge in Biscay
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Basques and iron have been joined since time immemorial. Until the Industrial Revolution, the production of iron was...