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Trapagaran's
Mining Heritage. |
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Locating
within the administration of Trapagaran is located the jewel of all the
mining villages, "La Arboleda", established in 1877 for the
purpose of housing miners who arrived from all over the Peninsula. With
a network of parallel streets enclosing the central church ("La
Magdalena", 1896), it throws up wooden houses surrounded by an
attractive landscape of lakes created from the old mine-workings.
Equally remarkable dating from the last decade of the 19th century, is
the old mining hospital, which will be restored shortly. Nearby are the
mining villages of "La Reineta" (connected to municipal
capital by one of the only funiculars in the Basque Country),
"Barrionuevo" and "Burzako". In the latter we
presently see newly created dwellings from the former stable blocks of
the mining company Orconera. |
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Among the
earliest relics of mining activity must be mentioned the group of "haizeolas"
or mountain ironworks near to the swamp of Oiola. Some of them have been
the subject to archaeological investigation, dating the activity of
these installations between the 11th and 13th centuries. These ironworks
were the means used to transform iron ore into metal, prior to the
construction of water-powered works on the Basque Country riversides. |
Tourist or Cultural
Information Centres:
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Culture
Department: Lauaxeta Square, 1 (town hall). Telephone Number:
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