Culture

The Santa Teresa necropolis  Below the staircase that leads up to the church in what is...

The ancestral home and the domain In spite of its decline as an agricultural centre, the caserío...

Universal nobility The Hidalguía Universal (universal nobility, a proclamation...

The surname: tracing the social history of Gipuzkoa People are always fascinated by the history of surnames, not surprisingly,...

The noble woman The social position of a noble woman in Gipuzkoa under the Old Regime...

The Royal Seminary of Bergara The Royal Seminary of Bergara represented in itself the greatest...

Mayorazgo Mayorazgo (majorat) was one of the basic legal concepts in Gipuzkoa’s...

The profound influence of the Church The Church was very powerful in 19th century Gipuzkoa. The population...

La Belle Époque Although chronologically speaking it is an epoch linked to the 20th...