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...
Midsummer´s night
Midsummer´s night The celebration of Midsummer’s Eve has its origins in the pagan celebration related to the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere. The summer solstice is the time when we have the longest day of the year and the shortest night. This day is...
Manuel Plácido de Berriozabalbeitia
Manuel Plácido de Berriozabalbeitia The creator of the Well-Spring of Love and Elorrio’s biggest patron. Manuel Plácido de Berriozabalbeitia (Elorrio 1775 – Madrid 1850) was born on the Berriozabalbeitia farmstead in the hamlet of Berriozabaleta. On completing...