ELVIRA IÑURRIETA AZKARRAGA
ELVIRA IÑURRIETA AZKARRAGA Elvira was the town midwife in Elorrio, and she helped bring more than 2400 children into the world. She was born in Barcelona, where her family had moved to work, in 1895. After living in various locations around Spain she eventually...
ALEJANDRO GOIKOETXEA OMAR
ALEJANDRO GOIKOETXEA OMAR One of the designers of the Talgo train and became known as the “betrayer of the Iron Ring”. Born in Elorrio on 23 March 1895. He was the engineer in charge of the construction of the fortified defences in the hills surrounding Bilbao known...
Valentin Berrio Otxoa
Valentin Berrio Otxoa Saint of Elorrio and sub Saint of Bizkaia He was born on 14 February 1827 in the Biscayan town of Elorrio. At the age of 15 he told his father that he wanted to be a priest, but the family economy was not at all good and he had to...