Some basques throughout the history

Jose Maria Olazabal – The serene golfer

Jose Maria Olazabal Manterola was born in Hondarribia on 5 February 1966 and is a renowned Basque golfer. As an amateur player he won the [...]

Juan Mari Arzak “International Cooking Icon”

Juan María Arzak Arratibel (Donostia-San Sebastian, Basque Country, 31 July 1942) is a Basque chef and one of the most important and most awarded [...]

Xabi Alonso – The wandering Basque

Xabier Alonso Olano was born in Tolosa on 25 November 1981. As a sportsman he is known as Xabi Alonso. He is a Basque footballer who plays as [...]

Aritz Aduriz – The eternal Lion

Aritz Aduriz was born in Donostia-San Sebastian in 1981. He loved sport: he played football and practiced skiing, canoeing and surfing. His [...]

Miguel Indurain – The king of the bike

Miguel Indurain Larraya was born in Villava on 16 July 1964. He was a professional cyclist from 1984 to 1996. He won five consecutive Tours de [...]

Dolores Ibarruri “La Pasionaria” – The gender struggle in the mines

Dolores Ibarruri Gomez, best known as La Pasionaria, was born in Gallarta on 9 December 1895. She is essential in order to understand European [...]

Maurice Ravel: the Basque composer who believed in his country

Maurice Ravel was born on 7 March 1875 in the Basque town of Ciboure (Lapurdi). He is one of the greatest composers of the extraordinary creative [...]

Eduardo Chillida “Reference for metal and vacuum in sculpture”

Eduardo Chillida Juantegui (Donostia-San Sebastian, Basque Country, 1924 – San Sebastian, 2002) was a Basque sculptor known for his works [...]

Jorge Oteiza “Iconoclast of sculpture”

Jorge de Oteiza Enbil (Orio, Basque Country, 21 October 1908 – Donostia-San Sebastian, Basque Country, 9 April 2003) was a Basque sculptor. [...]

Andoni Luis Aduriz “Fusion of new cooking concepts”

Andoni Luis Aduriz was born in 1971 in San Sebastian, Basque Country. He is a renowned chef. He started his professional career in the kitchen of [...]

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