THE BASQUE COUNTRY

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COLEGIO URDANETA SCHOOL´S VISION COLEGIO P. ANDRÉS DE URDANETA IKASTETXEA (LOIU - BIZKAIA)

RESIDENCY ADMINISTRACIÓN COLEGIO URDANETA SCHOOL´S VISION PRIMARY – ESO1 ED. PRIMARIA 1er CICLO SECUNDARIA INFANT 2º CICLO ED. INFANTIL SECONDARY 2º CICLO SECUNDARIA BACHILLERATO GYM ACTIVIDADES CULTURALES Y DEPORTIVAS COLEGIO P. ANDRÉS DE URDANETA IKASTETXEA (LOIU - BIZKAIA)

WE ARE: A Catholic school Workers: 150-160. 2300 students. (Urdaneta Loiu 1850)

PREHISTORY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY

PALEOLITHIC In this period appeared the first human in the basque country,about 200.000 years ago. They lived in caves like Santimamiñe

In this period appeared the first human in the basque country,about 200.000 years ago.

They lived in caves like Santimamiñe

EPIPALEOLITHIC They started to live in villages instead of the caves.

They started to live in villages instead of the caves.

NEOLITHIC They discovered the agriculture and the livestock farming.

They discovered the agriculture and the livestock farming.

The UNESCO had give to some caves of the north of the Spain like Santimamiñe, Ekain and Altxerri, a prize.

The UNESCO had give to some caves of the north of the Spain like Santimamiñe, Ekain and Altxerri, a prize.

SANTIMAMIÑE Here you have the map of Santimamiñe

Here you have the map of Santimamiñe

Santimamiñe is a famous cave known for its mural paintings.

Santimamiñe is a famous cave known for its mural paintings.

COUNTRY HOUSES

THE COUNTRY HOUSE Country Houses are one of the most famous buildings in the Basque Country (Spain). The biggest spreading of these buildings took part between XVII and XX centuries. Country Houses are quite common in some country areas such as Guipuzcoa’s villages. Indeed, many of them are protected by the government because of their gorgeous appearance.

HOW ARE THEM? Country Houses usually have a rectangular ground plan, and they are, quite often, very big. The most common height of the building is 2 or 3 floors, and the lowest floor was frequently used as a store of hay and plants for the cattle, pigs and so on. Country Houses are quite similar to farms, indeed!! Nearby there are usually vegetable gardens. An interesting point is that animals (cattle, pigs...) were on the lowest floor, and just above them the bedrooms were usually located, as a way of using the natural heat.

Country Houses usually have a rectangular ground plan, and they are, quite often, very big.

The most common height of the building is 2 or 3 floors, and the lowest floor was frequently used as a store of hay and plants for the cattle, pigs and so on. Country Houses are quite similar to farms, indeed!! Nearby there are usually vegetable gardens.

An interesting point is that animals (cattle, pigs...) were on the lowest floor, and just above them the bedrooms were usually located, as a way of using the natural heat.

DAILY LIFE IN A COUNTRY HOUSE Country Houses are usually very old, and because of that, they often remain on the same family’s hands. That’s the reason why most of country houses are known by the name of the family: Etxeandia’s Country House, Goikoetxea’s Country House, etc. People who live in Country Houses usually spend all their time in them: they grow their own vegetables, they breed many animals, milk their cows and sometimes they put into practice a very ancient custom: the killing of the pig, on which a pig is sacrified in order to make sausages, black pudding...the fact is that, as a traditional saying tells us: the whole pig is profitable!!

Country Houses are usually very old, and because of that, they often remain on the same family’s hands. That’s the reason why most of country houses are known by the name of the family: Etxeandia’s Country House, Goikoetxea’s Country House, etc.

People who live in Country Houses usually spend all their time in them: they grow their own vegetables, they breed many animals, milk their cows and sometimes they put into practice a very ancient custom: the killing of the pig, on which a pig is sacrified in order to make sausages, black pudding...the fact is that, as a traditional saying tells us: the whole pig is profitable!!

COUNTRY HOUSES NOWADAYS Nowadays, an increasing number of country houses are getting more and more deserted. That’s because of the progressive movement of people from the country towards the cities. But there is a starting movement, each time more strong, thanks to it country houses are coming back to their splendid times: rural tourism. Finally, we hope you have the chance to visit some of these gorgeous buildings... Enjoy them!!

Nowadays, an increasing number of country houses are getting more and more deserted. That’s because of the progressive movement of people from the country towards the cities.

But there is a starting movement, each time more strong, thanks to it country houses are coming back to their splendid times: rural tourism.

Finally, we hope you have the chance to visit some of these gorgeous buildings... Enjoy them!!

The Basque Government, (in Basque, Eusko Jaurlaritza) is the regional government of the Basque Country. It consists of the lehendakari (Basque government leader, now is Juan José Ibarretxe) who is elected by the Basque parliament every four years, and the ministers that he chooses. Its headquarters is located in Vitoria, capital of the Basque Country.

The Basque Government, (in Basque, Eusko Jaurlaritza) is the regional government of the Basque Country. It consists of the lehendakari (Basque government leader, now is Juan José Ibarretxe) who is elected by the Basque parliament every four years, and the ministers that he chooses. Its headquarters is located in Vitoria, capital of the Basque Country.

It is currently composed of three parties, Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), Eusko Alkartasuna (EA) and Ezker Batua - Berdeak (EB-B) and has 11 departments. Each department has its adviser, its vice-conelor, its director, its secretaries. In the Basque country there are seven provinces: Bizkaia, Guipuzcua, Alava, Navarra, Lapurdi, Zuberoa and Behe Nafarroa

It is currently composed of three parties, Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), Eusko Alkartasuna (EA) and Ezker Batua - Berdeak (EB-B) and has 11 departments. Each department has its adviser, its vice-conelor, its director, its secretaries. In the Basque country there are seven provinces: Bizkaia, Guipuzcua, Alava, Navarra, Lapurdi, Zuberoa and Behe Nafarroa

The Provincial Council of Vizcaya (Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia in Basque) is the governing body of the historical territory of Biscay (Basque Country). In addition to the powers exercised by the ordinary provincial councils of the remaining provinces of Spain, the Vizcaya Provincial Council exercises specific responsibilities arising from its territory as nature in the Basque country, under its Statute of Autonomy.

The Provincial Council of Vizcaya (Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia in Basque) is the governing body of the historical territory of Biscay (Basque Country). In addition to the powers exercised by the ordinary provincial councils of the remaining provinces of Spain, the Vizcaya Provincial Council exercises specific responsibilities arising from its territory as nature in the Basque country, under its Statute of Autonomy.

The Guipúzcoa Provincial Council (Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia in Basque) is the governing body of the historical territory of Guipuzcoa (Basque Country). In addition to the powers exercised by the ordinary provincial councils of the remaining provinces of Spain, the Guipúzcoa Provincial Council exercises specific responsibilities arising from its territory as nature in the Basque country , under its Statute of Autonomy.

The Guipúzcoa Provincial Council (Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia in Basque) is the governing body of the historical territory of Guipuzcoa (Basque Country). In addition to the powers exercised by the ordinary provincial councils of the remaining provinces of Spain, the Guipúzcoa Provincial Council exercises specific responsibilities arising from its territory as nature in the Basque country , under its Statute of Autonomy.

The Provincial Council of Alava (Arabako Foru Aldundia in Basque) is the governing body of the historical territory of Alava (Basque Country). In addition to the powers exercised by the ordinary provincial councils of the remaining provinces of Spain, the Provincial Council of Alava exercises specific powers deriving from its nature as the historical territory of the Basque Country, under its Statute of Autonomy, for example has significant tax powers , urbanism and social affairs.

The Provincial Council of Alava (Arabako Foru Aldundia in Basque) is the governing body of the historical territory of Alava (Basque Country). In addition to the powers exercised by the ordinary provincial councils of the remaining provinces of Spain, the Provincial Council of Alava exercises specific powers deriving from its nature as the historical territory of the Basque Country, under its Statute of Autonomy, for example has significant tax powers , urbanism and social affairs.

INDUSTRIALIZATION IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY

Agropesquera activity: Farming sector: A type of operation that has proliferated with the development of industrialization has been in time partial operation, in which the head of the operation makes compatible this activity with the work in the factory · Evolution of the operations: According to the last Agrarian Census, 48% of the agrarian operations of the Basque Country are located in Navarre, 27% in Bizkaia, 15% in Guipúzcoa, and 10% in Praise, of a total of 90.283. In the Basque Country, the agrarian operations, have registered the following evolution in 1970-8.877 and 1988-7.043.

Farming sector:

A type of operation that has proliferated with the development of industrialization has been in time partial operation, in which the head of the operation makes compatible this activity with the work in the factory

· Evolution of the operations:

According to the last Agrarian Census, 48% of the agrarian operations of the Basque Country are located in Navarre, 27% in Bizkaia, 15% in Guipúzcoa, and 10% in Praise, of a total of 90.283. In the Basque Country, the agrarian operations, have registered the following evolution in 1970-8.877 and 1988-7.043.

: ·Surface and cultures: Also, within the Cantabrian slope the cattle operations have greater surface than the agriculturists, when having meadows and pastizales next to parcels dedicated to forrajeros cultures. Continental, Bizkaia, Guipúzcoa and the north of Alava and Navarre, eminent zone cattle mind thanks to the existence of permanent grass throughout the year, and the zone center and the south of Navarre and Alava, preferredly dedicated to the cercalistas, hortícolas and vinícolas cultures. In the southern part of the Basque Country it emphasizes the cereal culture ; barley, wheat and maize, with something more of the 3/5 parts of the hectares of the total of registered herbaceous cultures. These cultures are located in Navarre, Estellesa, the Alava Lowland and Alava valleys.

·The cattle ranch: The tradition of the cattle activity in the Basque Country, comes from previous centuries. Cattle in the low Navarre, and gained equine also exists. · : . Based on the duration of the fishing campaigns and to the distance that cross the boats, three modalities of fishing exist: fishing of bajura or coast, as soon as one moves away of the coast; deep-sea fishing, permanence in the sea of several days and even weeks; and it fishes of high altitude, duration of several months of the fishing campaign. ·Fishing activity:

Industrial activity: · The industrialization process: · New productive spaces: · Industrial location:

· The industrialization process:

· New productive spaces:

· Industrial location:

Economic activity: The construction was increased in 0.5 points. In relation to the rest of the sectors; primary and construction, as soon as appreciable differences in both zones exist. As far as the industrial sector, the greater occupation is in Praises (2,5% of the occupied assets) and in Guipúzcoa (38,6%) and the lowest levels are in the low Navarre and Lapurdi (11,3% and 17,2%, respectively).

The construction was increased in 0.5 points.

In relation to the rest of the sectors; primary and construction, as soon as appreciable differences in both zones exist.

As far as the industrial sector, the greater occupation is in Praises (2,5% of the occupied assets) and in Guipúzcoa (38,6%) and the lowest levels are in the low Navarre and Lapurdi (11,3% and 17,2%, respectively).

Actually Business In the Basque Country

BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) is a multinational Spanish banking group. It was formed in 1999 from a merger of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya and Argentaria. BBVA is the second largest bank in Spain and 15th largest financial institution in the western world with a market capitalization of over 61 billion euros. The bank operates in 40 countries.

IBERDROLA Iberdrola is one of the leading private electric utilities worldwide and the largest renewable energy operator in the world. Its services reach 16 million customers, over nine million in Spain. Its operations include generation, transmission, distribution and marketing of electricity and natural gas. Iberdrola is a 100-year-old company based in Bilbao (Basque Country) devoted to the national and international energy sector.

Iberdrola is one of the leading private electric

utilities worldwide and the largest renewable energy operator

in the world. Its services reach 16 million customers,

over nine million in Spain. Its operations include generation, transmission, distribution and marketing of electricity

and natural gas.

Iberdrola is a 100-year-old company based in Bilbao (Basque Country) devoted to the national and international energy sector.

EL C ORREO El Correo (Spanish for "The Courier") is the leading daily newspaper in Bilbao and the Basque Country of northern Spain. Its circulation, over 119,000, is the seventh-highest among general interest newspapers in Spain.

El Correo (Spanish for "The Courier") is the leading daily newspaper in Bilbao and the Basque Country of northern Spain.

Its circulation, over 119,000, is the seventh-highest among general interest newspapers in Spain.

EUSKALTEL Euskaltel is a telecommunications company based in the Spanish autonomous community Basque Country, with its headquarters in Derio (near Bilbao). Its name literally translates into English as "Basque-Tel". Its president is José Antonio Ardanza, a former President of the Basque Government for EAJ-PNV. It has agreements with Vodafone to share technology while reserving the Basque market for Euskaltel and the rest of Spain for Vodafone. The corporate color is orange.

Euskaltel is a telecommunications company based in the

Spanish autonomous community Basque Country, with its headquarters in Derio (near Bilbao). Its name literally translates into English as "Basque-Tel".

Its president is José Antonio Ardanza, a former President of the Basque Government for EAJ-PNV. It has agreements with Vodafone to share technology while reserving the Basque market for Euskaltel and the rest of Spain for Vodafone.

The corporate color is orange.

Basque language

The basque has not got a known origin. There are a lot of theories which relate it with the spanish, Caucasian languages, african… Origins of the Basque

Literature The Aemilianensis glosses are the first document written in basque and they date back to the late 10th century .

The first book written in basque was “ Linguae vasconum primitiae” by Bernard Etxepare

Basic phrases Bai = Yes Ez = No Kaixo = Hello Agur = Goodbye Ikusi arte = See you Eskerrik asko = thank you

Bai = Yes

Ez = No

Kaixo = Hello

Agur = Goodbye

Ikusi arte = See you

Eskerrik asko = thank you

Egun on = good morning Arratsalde on = good evening Gabon = good night Mesedez = please Barkatu = I’m sorry Aizu! = Listen!

Egun on = good morning

Arratsalde on = good evening

Gabon = good night

Mesedez = please

Barkatu = I’m sorry

Aizu! = Listen!

Zer moduz? = How are you? Zein da zure izena? = what’s your name? Ongi etorri = welcome Nongoa zara? = where are you from?

Zer moduz? = How are you?

Zein da zure izena? = what’s your name?

Ongi etorri = welcome

Nongoa zara? = where are you from?

Art in The Basque Country Maria Goñi, Irene Saenz, Isabel Bejar and Fernando Saenz

Eduardo Chillida About Chillida His Art

About Chillida

His Art

(1924–2002) was a Spanish Basque sculptor. Beforebe coming a sculptor he had been the goalkeeper for Real Sociedad, San Sebastián's football team. Chillida's earliest sculptures concentrated on the human form (mostly torsos and busts);his later works tended to be more massive and more abstract, producing manymonumental public works. Chillida himself tended to reject the label of "abstract",preferring instead to call himself a "realist sculptor". At their best his works, although massive and monumental, suggest movementand tension. For example, the largest of his works in the United States, "De Musica" is an 81-ton steel sculpture featuring two pillars with arms that reach out but do not touch. Much of Chillida's work is inspired by his Basque upbringing, and many of his sculptures' titles are in the Basque language Euzkera. A large body of his work can be seen in the Basque city, San Sebastián (Donostia), including El peine del viento ( The comb of the wind ) installed in the (often stormy) sea in La Concha bay at San Sebastian. His steel sculpture "De Música III" was exhibited at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in the UK, as part of a retrospective of Chillida's work

MUSEUMS · Guggenheim · Bellas Artes

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM ·Photos · About the museum

About The Museum The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a modern and contemporary art museum designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry. It is built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Atlantic Coast. The curves on the building have been designed to appear random. The architect has been quoted as saying that "the randomness of the curves are designed to catch the light". It’s called “The Ship” because of its shape, and its brilliantly reflective titanium panels resemble fish scale. Almost immediately after its opening, the Guggenheim Bilbao became a popular tourist attraction, drawing visitors from around the globes. The exhibitions in the museum change often, the museum hosts thematic exhibitions, centered for example on Chinese or Russian art, and the museum's permanent collection concerns 20th century art, although its only permanent exhibit, is The Matter of Time . On the outside, there’s some curious works like the one called Pupi. This is a doggy made of flowers, and it’s very famous too. Depending of the different seasons of the year, Pupi can be coloured, in Spring, or in simple green, in Winter. Another random work is La Araña, “The Spider”. You can walk under this huge insect, if you’re walking near the river. Guggenheim Museum is amazing, it’s something everybody have to visit.

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a modern and contemporary art museum designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry. It is built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Atlantic Coast.

The curves on the building have been designed to appear random. The architect has been quoted as saying that "the randomness of the curves are designed to catch the light". It’s called “The Ship” because of its shape, and its brilliantly reflective titanium panels resemble fish scale.

Almost immediately after its opening, the Guggenheim Bilbao became a popular tourist attraction, drawing visitors from around the globes.

The exhibitions in the museum change often, the museum hosts thematic exhibitions, centered for example on Chinese or Russian art, and the museum's permanent collection concerns 20th century art, although its only permanent exhibit, is The Matter of Time .

On the outside, there’s some curious works like the one called Pupi. This is a doggy made of flowers, and it’s very famous too. Depending of the different seasons of the year, Pupi can be coloured, in Spring, or in simple green, in Winter.

Another random work is La Araña, “The Spider”. You can walk under this huge insect, if you’re walking near the river.

Guggenheim Museum is amazing, it’s something everybody have to visit.

Bellas Artes ·Photos ·About the museum

About the museum The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum ( Museo de Bellas Artes in Spanish) is located in the city of Bilbao, in northern Spain, and is currently one of the main painting and sculpture museums of Spain. The building of the museum is located entirely inside the city's Doña Casilda Iturrizar park. History The collection of the present Bilbao Fine Arts Museum originated with the merger of the collections from the first Museo de Bellas Artes , inaugurated in 1914, and the Museo de Arte Moderno ( Museum of Modern Art ) in 1924. Contributions from local institutions, from private individuals and the Museum's own acquisitions helped to shape the essential profile of the collection and oriented its subsequent growth. Collection Notable for the lengthy period it covers (from the 12th century to the present day) and the extraordinary variety of art works acquired since its inception, the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum collection currently boasts more than six thousand works including paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings and objects from the decorative arts

The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum ( Museo de Bellas Artes in Spanish) is located in the city of Bilbao, in northern Spain, and is currently one of the main painting and sculpture museums of Spain. The building of the museum is located entirely inside the city's Doña Casilda Iturrizar park.

History

The collection of the present Bilbao Fine Arts Museum originated with the merger of the collections from the first Museo de Bellas Artes , inaugurated in 1914, and the Museo de Arte Moderno ( Museum of Modern Art ) in 1924. Contributions from local institutions, from private individuals and the Museum's own acquisitions helped to shape the essential profile of the collection and oriented its subsequent growth.

Collection

Notable for the lengthy period it covers (from the 12th century to the present day) and the extraordinary variety of art works acquired since its inception, the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum collection currently boasts more than six thousand works including paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings and objects from the decorative arts

Basque painting: ·Introduction . ·The most famous painting ·Other Paintings

· Introduction This painting has been made from the second half of the XIXth century till the end of the first half of the XXth century. The paintings of the last cuarter part of the XIXth century and the beginning of the XXth are most interested in the types, ways of life, towns and landscapes of a determinated zone but its aim is to stand out the different and the specific part, what is Only owned by a region. Basque painters: Valentín de Zubiaurre,Ramón de Zubiaurre, Álvaro Alcalá Galiano, Manuel Losada, Ignacio Zuloaga

This painting has been made from the second half of the XIXth century till the end of the first half of the XXth century.

The paintings of the last cuarter part of the XIXth century and the beginning of the XXth are most interested in the types, ways of life, towns and landscapes of a determinated zone but its aim is to stand out the different and the specific part, what is

Only owned by a region.

Basque painters: Valentín de Zubiaurre,Ramón de Zubiaurre, Álvaro Alcalá Galiano, Manuel Losada, Ignacio Zuloaga

Guernica is a monumental painting by Pablo Picasso, depicting the Nazi German bombing of Guernica, Spain, by twenty-eight bombers, on April 26, 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. The attack killed between 250 and 1,600 people, and many more were injured. The Spanish government commissioned Pablo Picasso to paint a large mural for the Spanish display at the Paris International Exposition (the 1937 World's Fair in Paris). The Guernica bombing inspired Picasso. Within 15 days of the attack, Pablo Picasso began painting this mural. On completion Guernica was displayed around the world in a brief tour, becoming famous and widely acclaimed. This tour brought the Spanish civil war to the world's attention. Guernica epitomizes the tragedies of war and the suffering war inflicts upon individuals. This monumental work has eclipsed the bounds of a single time and place, becoming a perpetual reminder of the tragedies of war, an anti-war symbol, and an embodiment of peace Basque nationalists have advocated that the picture should be brought to the Basque country, especially after the building of the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum. Officials at the Reina Sofía claim that the huge canvas is now thought to be too fragile to move. Even the staff of the Guggenheim do not see a permanent transfer of the painting as possible, although the Basque government continues to support the possibility of a temporary exhibition in Bilbao.

“ Amona” Ramón de Zubiaurre

“ Amona” Valentín de Zubiaurre “ Campesinos” Álvaro Alclá Galiano