Conflicts
SearchLope García de Salazar: the faction wars
There is a first-hand account of the faction wars, the by the Bienandanzas...
Azkoitia’s challenge
In July 1456, in an act that perfectly defines the feudal nobility’s...
Gipuzkoa is incorporated into the kingdom of Castile in 1200
There is almost no information about the incorporation of Gipuzkoa...
Catalina de Erauso
The woman known as the second lieutenant nun was born in Donostia...
Pirates and privateers
Gipuzkoa as a whole became a major focal point for privateers, especially...
The Convention in San Sebastián
On 7th March 1793, the French Convention declared war on Bourbon...
Discord at the port of Pasaia
The extensive area of land granted by charter to the people of San...
The burning and rebuilding of San Sebastián
Few events in the history of Donostia are as powerful and distressing...
Confrontation over the capital: Tolosa versus Donostia
Under the old Regime, Gipuzkoa did not have a capital, as under the...