WHAT DOES ELORRIO MEAN?
Here it is the explanation of where the name Elorrio comes from. In Spanish, it means hawthorn, hawthorn is a type of tree, and ‘elorria’ is also used to designate the red fruits of this tree.
Due to the abundance of hawthorn bushes around this area, it was christened Elorrio (elordia). For this reason, in the town’s coat of arms, the hawthorn leaf appears next to the silhouette of a castle.
As both icons appear together, it seems that they want to highlight the cultural and natural heritage of the municipality.
If you go to the Puerta del Campo in San Pío street, you can see this type of leaf and the only gate still standing in the old wall.
Antzeko Artikuluak
Coat of arms in Elorrio
Most of the coats of arms in Elorrio have to do with the surnames that also appear on the coats of arms of the buildings located in the rural areas of the municipality. This is where the family's original farmhouse is located. This information about the original...
CALVARIES OF ELORRIO
The complex of crosses in Elorrio is currently the largest in the Basque Country. It represents ten percent of the crosses inventoried in the Basque Country. There are currently nine crosses in Elorrio. All of them are 16th century works and, except for the late...
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
8 March was declared International Women's Day by the UN in 1975. We have to go back a few years, to 1917, to find the origins of International Women's Day. That year, on 8 March, Russian women went on strike asking for bread and peace. Four days later the ‘Tsarr’...