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With the silhouettes of Aralar and Txindoki as splendid backdrops,
th is iti nerary through the area of Tolosa and the Goierri region
(in Basque, high village) will take us to areas that have never lost
their rural flavour. Leaving Donostia-San Sebastian via the N-1, we
can make our first stop in TOLOSA. The capital of Gipuzkoa during
part of the 19th century, this borough has a rambling old quarter
with a number of interesting public buildings and man sions. The parish
church of Santa Ana and the Tinglado (market) building catch one's
eye in this place of lively cultural acti vity, the most exciting
moments of which are the I nternational Choral Competition and the
Puppet Festival.
From ALEGIA, with its interesting Zubi Zarra (old bridge) and Gothic
Christ in the church of San Juan Bautista, we'll take the GI-2133
through a number of lit tie rural hamlets stan ding on the foothills
of Mount Txindoki. AMEZKETA offers a pretty selection of popular architecture,
as well as the church of San Bartolome and the open fields of San
Martin. Further on, in ABALTZISKETA, is the splendid church of San
Juan Bautista with its Romanesque doorway. Following the road upwards
will bring us to the neighbourhood of LARRAITZ, which is actually
part of Abaltzisketa. We should make a stop in this lovely natural
landscape at the the hermitage of Nuestra Senora de los Remedios,
venerated by shepherds and moun taineers. The road wends its way down
from Larraitz, through ZALDIBIA where we can taste the local mondejus
(black pudding made from mutton), until leaving the rural air behind
and entering a more popula ted and industrial area where two towns
merge into one: Ordizia and Beasain. ORDIZIA houses a number of ancestral
homes (Zabala, Ibarbia, with its peculiar corner balcony in the Plaza
del Mercado, Barrenetxea, etc.), the church of La Asuncion and a pretty
park called Oianguren. In Beasain we will find the basilica and hermitage
dedicated to San Martin de Loinaz. We will continue on our way (via
the N-1, followed by the GI2637) towards SEGURA. It's easy to imagine
the importance of this village in the Middle Ages as a place of defence
on the Road to Santiago. Family homes and the remains of walls abound
in the centre of town, while the surrounding areas are packed with
hermita ges.
Not to be missed in Segura are the Lardizabal mansion, now the Town
Hall, or the church of Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion. Although
Gothic, the 42 sculptures of its sin gular altarpiece, the work of
Luis Carmona, are Churrigueresque in style. From Segura it is well
worth making the effort to visit ZERAIN, a little village set in the
hills with em blazoned hou ses, fabulous views and an Ethnographic
Museum. Returning to Segura, we will take the GI-3571 to MUTILOA,
another lovely enclave surroun ded by farmhouses, before continuing
via the GI-3572 to ORMAIZTEGI. Here there is still an impressively
high railway bridge built by a disciple of Eiffel, the Museo Zumalakarregi
and the church of San Andres, home of a series of PreRomanesque geometric
drawings. We will head back to Donostia-San Sebastian via Beasain
and the N-1.
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