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“From Bilbao to the Bay”, an amateur film from 1961 (video)

Fotograma del fim de Raymond Fontaine (1961)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp (Note: another film from the same period, but about the Northern Basque Country here) The video has been uploaded...

The New York Times: Basque Nationalists congratulate the US President (1901)

PNV felicita a Roosevelt (1901)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp We wanted to bring you today a news item about Basques that appeared in our beloved New York...

The North Atlantic, the “Sea of the Basques”, and we didn’t...

Biscayarhalvøya peninsula on the central part of the north coast of Albert I Land, northern Spitsbergen.
They say that a people who forget their history are condemned to repeat it.  We imagine that this sentence refers to negative aspects, because...

A photo of Our Lady of Arantzazu and the “miraculous” ability...

This article was translated by John R. Bopp We've recently come across a desktop background image that offers us an amazing perspective of the incredibly beautiful Sanctuary...

The First References between the Basques and Whales

Medium Aaevum is a thoroughly interesting website for history lovers, where one can dive in for hours and still not cease to be surprised,...

The extensive “economic area” of San Sebastian 25,000 years ago

About 25,000 years ago, in the Late Stone Age, a group of Cro-Magnons established a campsite at modern-day San Sebastian, and kept it running...

The murder of Lauaxeta, the victims of the police, and the...

(Updated June 2017) Dana emon biar yako matte dan azkatasunari In his memory, we again wish all our readers the same thing he dreamed of: Health...

From Nevada: a extraordinary summary of “The Spirit of the Basques”

This article was translated by John R. Bopp The Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno has been cited on many occasions in...

Who the peninsular Basques are: the teachings of History (from Peru)

Fragment of the map by Willem Blaeu. "Regnorum Hispanae nova descriptio." From Nouvel Atlas. Amsterdam: Willem & Joan Blaeu, 1643-50. 14 3/4 x 19 1/4. Engraving
This article was translated by Joseba Varela In this day and age, certain voices are casting doubt on which territories actually conform the Basque homeland in...

The Basque Hero for the State of Israel

His name was Esteban Hernandorena Zubiaga; he was born in Muskiz, Biscay in 1905, and died in Haifa, Israel in 1965.  His story is one...