Getaria

This article covers the town of Getaria in the Spanish Basque Country. For Getaria in the French Basque Country, see Guéthary .

Getaria municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Basque Country
Province :	Gipuzkoa
Coordinates	43 ° 18 ′  N , 2 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 18 ′  N , 2 ° 12 ′  W
Area :	10.6 km²
Residents :	2,821 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	266.13 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	20808
Municipality number  ( INE ):	20039
administration
Website :	www.getaria.net
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Getaria

Getaria

Port and Mont San Anton

Getaria ( Basque , Spanish Guetaria ) is a port city in the province of Gipuzkoa (Spanish Guipúzcoa ) in the Spanish Autonomous Region of the Basque Country . It is located about 20 km west of San Sebastián on the Bay of Biscay .

history

The area around Getaria is first mentioned through maps of the Greeks and Romans. Getaria was founded in 1209 by King Alfonso VIII of Castile . In 1397 the Brotherhood of Gipuzkoa was founded in the Church of San Salvador in Getaria.

The parish church from the 12th century and a monument commemorating the completion of the first circumnavigation of the world by Juan Sebastián de Elcano are remarkable . The names of the seamen involved are engraved on the base of the monument. A "Hans from Aachen" is also mentioned.

The harbor is protected by a prominent peninsula that ends in the high cliffs of Mont San Anton (a former island). The Basques set out from this port as early as the 14th century for fishing and whaling in Newfoundland , Greenland and Iceland . In 1638 a naval battle between the Spanish and French navies took place off Getaria .

economy

In addition to tourism, fishing and viticulture are the town's main industries. In and around Getaria, 17 wineries on 170 hectares produce around 10,000 hectoliters of Txakoli , a characteristic wine of the Basque coast.

Personalities

• The fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga was born in Getaria in 1895 . A museum dedicated to his fame was opened in Getaria on June 7, 2011 by the Spanish Queen.
• Getaria is also the birthplace of the Zarzuela singer Pepita Embil (1918–1994), the mother of Plácido Domingo .

Web links

Commons : Getaria  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Getaria official homepage (Basque, Spanish, French, English)
• Information about Getaria (Basque, Spanish, French, English)
• The official museum web site, English version (also Spanish, Basque, French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ↑ La Reina Sofía inaugura en Getaria (Guipúzcoa) el Museo Balenciaga, dedicado a la obra del modisto vasco terra NOTICITAS, June 7, 2011