Azkoitia ( Spanish : Azcoitia ) is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa , in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country , in northern Spain . It is also the seat of the municipality of the same name.
5-477: Azkoitia and the municipality of the same name, are located on and around the upper Urola river valley, centered on a small alluvial plain surrounded by the Basque mountains . Except for the valley itself, the terrain is rather rugged, with elevations ranging to little less than 950 meters. As of 2004, the municipality numbered 10,946 inhabitants, of whom 5,324 (49.867%) were men and 5,262 (50.133%) were women. Age
10-544: Is distributed among the sexes rather evenly with children and adolescents (0 to 17 years of age) forming 16.235% of the population, adults (18 to 54 years of age) making up 53.744%, and senior citizens forming the remaining 30.021%. Azkoitia was the birthplace of the mother of Saint Ignatius of Loyola , founder of the Jesuit religious order. Ignatius' maternal grandfather, Don Martin Garcia de Licona, had purchased Balda Tower in
15-660: Is only 55 kilometres in length, and runs from headwaters in the Aizkorri Mountains , near the town of Legazpi to its outflow into the Cantabrian Sea at the town of Zumaia on the Bay of Biscay . It forms the border between the municipalities of Zumárraga and Urretxu , and further downriver, it passes through the towns of Azkoitia and Azpeitia . The word urola comes from two basque words Ur and Ola , meaning "water" and "factory" respectively referring to
20-556: Is still preserved as a museum a part of a large Jesuit compound. It is located a few kilometers east of Azkoitia's city center, at the small community of Azpeitia , and is a major tourist attraction. This article about a location in the Basque Country, Spain, is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Urola The Urola is a river and valley in Gipuzkoa , Basque Autonomous Community , Spain. The river
25-524: The mid-15th century. Recurring bloody encounters in the region persuaded the king, Henry IV of Castile , to reduce the tower from a fortress to a courthouse . On 13 July 1467 Don Martin's daughter, Dona Marina Saenz de Licona Balda married Don Beltran Ibanez de Onaz y Loyola from neighbouring Azpeitia in the Licona family home in Azkoitia. The original wedding contract still exists. Loyola's birth house
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