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BEGOÑAZPI
 IKASTOLA
The Basque
   Country
• Our country is not very
  big, only 100km’s square
  but it is very nice as it has
  something of all worlds.
  In the North we have
  unspoilt beaches against
  the backdrop of high green
  mountains, in the South
  like around the
  Mediteranean vineyards
  are found.
The landscape inside: the mountains, the
                 fields
                    • The Basque Country´s nice
                      and rainy weather gives a
                      green landscape, there are a
                      lot of pine, oak and chestnut
                      trees in big forests.
                    • Since we are very close to
                      the Pyrenees, in fact, we live
                      there, we have got lots of
                      mountains. We have got
                      green fields full of grass in
                      which we can find lots of
                      farmhouses scattered all
                      over the place.
For many centuries, agriculture has been
  the Basque Country’s main activity
                    • At first, it began in the
                      valleys and in the flat
                      fields, and later on it moved
                      to the mountainous regions.
                      From the year 1950 the
                      agriculture sector lost its
                      predominance in the
                      Basque Country.
                      Nowadays, these are the
                      main agricultural products:
                      sugarbeet, corn, potatoes
                      and barley...
Cattle raising
       • Cattle raising is still an
         important activity for the
         farmhouses. There are big
         cow and sheep farms in
         many places in the Basque
         Country which are helped
         by the Oceanic climate.
         The milk industries every
         year obtain 275.286 litres
         of milk from the cows.
• The Basque people lived
                                in scattered farmhouses
                                and, therefore, they
                                produced everything they
                                needed.
                              • The shape of these
                                caserios farmhouses is
                                very significant; they have
                                got three floors: in the
                                ground floor we can find
                                the stable, where we keep
                                animals, the second floor
                                the farmers live and, in the
                                third floor, the chamber,
                                where the grass is kept
                                and dried.
Typical Farmer withTxapela.
• Until the year 1975,
  industry was the most
  important element in the
  Basque economical
  development, especially
  thanks to the iron mines
  and ship building. At the
  end of the 70s, after the
  economical crisis and
  when Spain had entered
  the European Union, the
  Basque Country went
  through big changes in its
  industrial structure.
Fishing has always been very important
                    We have got different sorts
                    of fishing boats:
                    70% of the boats take part in
                       the shallow-sea fishing.
                       Provided with small boats
                       they fish hakes breams,
                       anchovies...
                    About a hundred boats take
                       part in deep-sea fishing.
                     The biggest deep-sea fishing
                       boats, provided with big
                       freezes, look for cod-
                       fishes and tuna.
The coast: the sea villages
               • Since the Basque country
                 is on the Atlantic shore,
                 there is a lot of landscape
                 connected with the sea.
                 Lots of shore villages
                 were created, for example:
                 Bermeo and Getaria. All
                 these villages have got the
                 same pattern: the port (full
                 of boats ), surrounded by
                 the village consisting of
                 tall houses and narrow
                 streets. The people from
                 these villages have always
                 lived on fishing.
The coast: the seaside
                          San
                          Sebastian
                          La Concha


              • On some beaches you
                can surf.
              • The waves are good
                for the surf and many
                champions come to the
                Basque country to
                surf.
THE FIESTAS IN   TYPICAL BASQUE CLOTHES
VITORIA IN       CHILDREN WEAR IN THE FIESTAS
AUGUST
The cabezudos or big heads
                                     are seen in most fiestas in
                                     the Basque Country. Inside
                                     them are teenagers. In their
                                     hands they carry a pig´s
                                     bladder.



The cabezudos run after the
people and hit them with their
pig bladder. This makes a lot of
noise which makes the little
children very frightened not us.
The cabezudos hit the small
children very softly but the
bigger ones like us they hit hard.
The Giants
   Giants are at some festivals.
   They have inside them a
   teenage boy or a girl to move
   them disguised around the
   streets.
• One figure that is typical in
  the fiestas is Gargantua, a
  huge fat man who swallows
  children in his enormous
  mouth, only to expel them
  out through a door in the
  back of his trousers, the
  young children are very
  frightened of this fat man.

   Mari Jaia the mascot
   of the fiestas in
   Bilbao in August.
The San Fermins are the first
important fiestas in the Basque
Country. They celebrate them
in the capital of Navarra
(Pamplona). For this day
everyone puts on a white       T-
shirt, white trousers and a red
hankercheif. Thousands of
foreign people come to the
fiestas and Pamplona is full.
The running of the bulls in Pamplona

                      This world famous
                      fiesta, is from 7 of July
                      to 14 of July. At eight
                      o'clock each morning
                      mostly young men
                      (although anyone can)
                      run in front of the bulls,
                      this is very dangerous
                      and every year some
                      people are injured. It
                      usually lasts from two to
                      three minutes
Basque country
Basque country
Typical Dishes.
                                                     Bacaloa pil-
                                                     pil which is
                                                     cod in garlic
                                                     sauce is very
                                                     nice.
Angulas which are very small
eels, are very expensive but rico.
                                     Most bars have tapas like
                                     tortilla, jamon serrano etc.
TOURISM
     • The Basque tourism,
       the most attractive
       things are: the
       landscape, the food,
       the art, the sports, the
       festivals, the
       traditional
       entertainments and
       the people.
     • In the last few years,
       the inner tourism has
       become more
       important with sport
       and health tourism.
There are castles for tourists
                 • Butron is an enchanted
                   castle with it we can
                   image what it was like
                   in the battles that took
                   place there in the
                   middle ages.
                 • The area around the
                   castle has been
                   converted into a garden
                   with more than five
                   hundred trees of
                   different types each
                   carefully chosen.
Basque country
BILBAO




St Nicholas Church built in    La Plaza Nueva is the oldest
the 18th century it has a      square in Bilbao it was finished
Baroque style. Dedicated to    in 1849. It has 64 arches and is
the patron saint of sailors.   in Neoclassical style.
La Ribera Market built in   Calzadas de Mallona steps
1920 is of great            that go to Bilbao´s first
architectural beauty.       cementery, built 1806.
Church of San Anton built     The Cathedral of Santiago.
in the 16th Century. It has   Built in the 14th century in
a Gothic style.               the Gothic style.
• The Guggenheim.
• This museum is a
  spectacular building
  designed by Frank O.
  Gehry, with 24,000
  square meters of
  exhibition area and
  located in the very heart
  of Bilbao. It was built
  between 1993 and 1995.
  It is an extraordinary
  combination of
  interconnecting shapes
  of metal and glass.
Puppy.The giant dog at the entrance of the
museum is always full of flowers. It was built
only for the museum´s opening ceremony. But
the people liked it so now it is permanent.
The Euskalduna Concert Hall
      is a modern building built in
      the shape of a ship in dry dock.

The Euskalduna Bridge has an
unusual shape with separate lanes
for pedestrians, bikes and cars.
Deusto University opened in          The Arriaga Theatre
1886 built in the classical style.   opened in 1890 is a
It is a private university famous    very luxurious and
for business studies students.       elegant building in
                                     the centre of Bilbao.
Bilbao Metro.




Puente Colgante or Hanging
bridge built in 1893 joins both
banks of the river. It is made of   Bilbao Museum
iron.                               of Fine Arts.
• San Mames “La catedral” is
  the stadium of the Athletic
  of Bilbao. It is one of the
  oldest stadiums in the
  Spanish football league,
  without doubt it is one with
  the most history. The
  stadium was inagurated by
  Alfonso XIII in the
  “Semana Santa” of 1913. In
  total there are places for
  48874 people. All the
  players are Basque.
Bermeo is the second
 most important port
 in Viscaya. In 1476 it
 was named the capital
 of Viscaya now
 Bilbao is.

Gaztelugatxe is a small
island found in the north
east of Bakio. The island is
joined only by a bridge to
the main land. When you
cross the bridge you climb a
steep slope with 300 steps
to the small church at the
top of the Island.
GERNIKA-LUMO




 It is a town outstanding personality of its own. It is
 the historical capital of the Basque Country thanks
 to its thousand year old tree and due to its tragic
 bombing by Hitler s planes (permission of the
 dictator Franco to practise bomb on his own
 civilians) on the 26th of April 1937, which was
 immortalised in Pablo Picasso s picture "Gernika".

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Basque country

  • 2. The Basque Country • Our country is not very big, only 100km’s square but it is very nice as it has something of all worlds. In the North we have unspoilt beaches against the backdrop of high green mountains, in the South like around the Mediteranean vineyards are found.
  • 3. The landscape inside: the mountains, the fields • The Basque Country´s nice and rainy weather gives a green landscape, there are a lot of pine, oak and chestnut trees in big forests. • Since we are very close to the Pyrenees, in fact, we live there, we have got lots of mountains. We have got green fields full of grass in which we can find lots of farmhouses scattered all over the place.
  • 4. For many centuries, agriculture has been the Basque Country’s main activity • At first, it began in the valleys and in the flat fields, and later on it moved to the mountainous regions. From the year 1950 the agriculture sector lost its predominance in the Basque Country. Nowadays, these are the main agricultural products: sugarbeet, corn, potatoes and barley...
  • 5. Cattle raising • Cattle raising is still an important activity for the farmhouses. There are big cow and sheep farms in many places in the Basque Country which are helped by the Oceanic climate. The milk industries every year obtain 275.286 litres of milk from the cows.
  • 6. • The Basque people lived in scattered farmhouses and, therefore, they produced everything they needed. • The shape of these caserios farmhouses is very significant; they have got three floors: in the ground floor we can find the stable, where we keep animals, the second floor the farmers live and, in the third floor, the chamber, where the grass is kept and dried. Typical Farmer withTxapela.
  • 7. • Until the year 1975, industry was the most important element in the Basque economical development, especially thanks to the iron mines and ship building. At the end of the 70s, after the economical crisis and when Spain had entered the European Union, the Basque Country went through big changes in its industrial structure.
  • 8. Fishing has always been very important We have got different sorts of fishing boats: 70% of the boats take part in the shallow-sea fishing. Provided with small boats they fish hakes breams, anchovies... About a hundred boats take part in deep-sea fishing. The biggest deep-sea fishing boats, provided with big freezes, look for cod- fishes and tuna.
  • 9. The coast: the sea villages • Since the Basque country is on the Atlantic shore, there is a lot of landscape connected with the sea. Lots of shore villages were created, for example: Bermeo and Getaria. All these villages have got the same pattern: the port (full of boats ), surrounded by the village consisting of tall houses and narrow streets. The people from these villages have always lived on fishing.
  • 10. The coast: the seaside San Sebastian La Concha • On some beaches you can surf. • The waves are good for the surf and many champions come to the Basque country to surf.
  • 11. THE FIESTAS IN TYPICAL BASQUE CLOTHES VITORIA IN CHILDREN WEAR IN THE FIESTAS AUGUST
  • 12. The cabezudos or big heads are seen in most fiestas in the Basque Country. Inside them are teenagers. In their hands they carry a pig´s bladder. The cabezudos run after the people and hit them with their pig bladder. This makes a lot of noise which makes the little children very frightened not us. The cabezudos hit the small children very softly but the bigger ones like us they hit hard.
  • 13. The Giants Giants are at some festivals. They have inside them a teenage boy or a girl to move them disguised around the streets.
  • 14. • One figure that is typical in the fiestas is Gargantua, a huge fat man who swallows children in his enormous mouth, only to expel them out through a door in the back of his trousers, the young children are very frightened of this fat man. Mari Jaia the mascot of the fiestas in Bilbao in August.
  • 15. The San Fermins are the first important fiestas in the Basque Country. They celebrate them in the capital of Navarra (Pamplona). For this day everyone puts on a white T- shirt, white trousers and a red hankercheif. Thousands of foreign people come to the fiestas and Pamplona is full.
  • 16. The running of the bulls in Pamplona This world famous fiesta, is from 7 of July to 14 of July. At eight o'clock each morning mostly young men (although anyone can) run in front of the bulls, this is very dangerous and every year some people are injured. It usually lasts from two to three minutes
  • 19. Typical Dishes. Bacaloa pil- pil which is cod in garlic sauce is very nice. Angulas which are very small eels, are very expensive but rico. Most bars have tapas like tortilla, jamon serrano etc.
  • 20. TOURISM • The Basque tourism, the most attractive things are: the landscape, the food, the art, the sports, the festivals, the traditional entertainments and the people. • In the last few years, the inner tourism has become more important with sport and health tourism.
  • 21. There are castles for tourists • Butron is an enchanted castle with it we can image what it was like in the battles that took place there in the middle ages. • The area around the castle has been converted into a garden with more than five hundred trees of different types each carefully chosen.
  • 23. BILBAO St Nicholas Church built in La Plaza Nueva is the oldest the 18th century it has a square in Bilbao it was finished Baroque style. Dedicated to in 1849. It has 64 arches and is the patron saint of sailors. in Neoclassical style.
  • 24. La Ribera Market built in Calzadas de Mallona steps 1920 is of great that go to Bilbao´s first architectural beauty. cementery, built 1806.
  • 25. Church of San Anton built The Cathedral of Santiago. in the 16th Century. It has Built in the 14th century in a Gothic style. the Gothic style.
  • 26. • The Guggenheim. • This museum is a spectacular building designed by Frank O. Gehry, with 24,000 square meters of exhibition area and located in the very heart of Bilbao. It was built between 1993 and 1995. It is an extraordinary combination of interconnecting shapes of metal and glass.
  • 27. Puppy.The giant dog at the entrance of the museum is always full of flowers. It was built only for the museum´s opening ceremony. But the people liked it so now it is permanent.
  • 28. The Euskalduna Concert Hall is a modern building built in the shape of a ship in dry dock. The Euskalduna Bridge has an unusual shape with separate lanes for pedestrians, bikes and cars.
  • 29. Deusto University opened in The Arriaga Theatre 1886 built in the classical style. opened in 1890 is a It is a private university famous very luxurious and for business studies students. elegant building in the centre of Bilbao.
  • 30. Bilbao Metro. Puente Colgante or Hanging bridge built in 1893 joins both banks of the river. It is made of Bilbao Museum iron. of Fine Arts.
  • 31. • San Mames “La catedral” is the stadium of the Athletic of Bilbao. It is one of the oldest stadiums in the Spanish football league, without doubt it is one with the most history. The stadium was inagurated by Alfonso XIII in the “Semana Santa” of 1913. In total there are places for 48874 people. All the players are Basque.
  • 32. Bermeo is the second most important port in Viscaya. In 1476 it was named the capital of Viscaya now Bilbao is. Gaztelugatxe is a small island found in the north east of Bakio. The island is joined only by a bridge to the main land. When you cross the bridge you climb a steep slope with 300 steps to the small church at the top of the Island.
  • 33. GERNIKA-LUMO It is a town outstanding personality of its own. It is the historical capital of the Basque Country thanks to its thousand year old tree and due to its tragic bombing by Hitler s planes (permission of the dictator Franco to practise bomb on his own civilians) on the 26th of April 1937, which was immortalised in Pablo Picasso s picture "Gernika".