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beautiful-basque-country · 16 hours

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Sometimes I come across Tumblr blogs devoted to Spain but that won't talk about inside politics or history, just about the Mediterranean, the history of the state as a whole, and Spanish culture and food understood as Andalusian / Mediterranean.

I guess the bloggers - generally USAmericans -, even if they offer it as super informative and politically unbiased, want to write about the idea of Spain they have, not about Spain.

#euskal herria #basque country #pays basque #pais vasco #euskadi #spain #ranting rant #off topic #kinda #welp

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thoughtlessarse · 3 days

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The leftwing separatist coalition EH Bildu, widely viewed as the political heir of the defunct armed group ETA, made a major breakthrough in Sunday's Basque regional elections although falling short of the win predicted by pollsters. With 99 percent of the vote counted, Bildu increased its representation from 21 to 27 mandates in the 75-seat Basque parliament, giving it the same result as the centrist Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), which has ruled the region for decades. Polls had predicted a tight race, seeing a narrow victory for Bildu -- a coalition which has worked to disassociate itself from ETA, whose bloody struggle for an independent Basque homeland claimed 850 lives before it rejected violence in 2011. And six years after ETA's dissolution, EH Bildu has pursued a winning strategy, putting its pro-independence demands on the back burner and focusing strongly on social issues, securing a solid following among young people under 40.

#spain #basque country #regional elections #eh bildu #increased vote share #basque independence #not on the cards

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kropotkindersurprise · 5 months

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December 8, 2023 - Hundreds of people gathered in Guernica, Basque Country, to form a human flag in solidarity with the Palestinian people, as air raid sirens filled the air. The town of Guernica became symbol and a rallying cry against war crimes and the slaughter of civillians after German and Italian planes bombed the town for Franco's fascists in 1937, during the Spanish civil war, killing hundreds of innocent civillians. [video]

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pangeen · 9 months

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" Ancient Trees " //© Max Rive

#Basque Country #Spain #nature #landscape #Forest #trees #fog #myst #aesthetics #wanderlust #explore #follow #discover

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maureen2musings · 11 months

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#basque country #woodlands #curators on tumblr

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kayl0ser · 3 months

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Monte Igueldo, San Sebastián

August 2023

#spain #san sebastian #summer #travel #europe #basque country #water #nature #blue #green #trees #plants #x #scenery #coast #sea #ocean #mountain

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javiroa226 · 4 months

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#Javi Roa #black and white photography #monochrome #architecture #decay #door #urban landscape #Vitoria-Gasteiz #Euskadi #Basque Country

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countriesgame · 3 months

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Please reblog for a bigger sample size!

If you have any fun fact about Basque Country, please tell us and I'll reblog it!

Be respectful in your comments. You can criticize a government without offending its people.

#basque country #europe #country polls #polls #spain

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lifeissuchafuckinrollercoaster · 1 year

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My girlfriend and i went to a very delicious peruvian restaurant in Bilbao.

#mine #personal #lights #neon lights #españa #spain #bilbao #euskal herria #basque country #euskadi #pais vasco #trip #travel #europe #euro #cityscape #city lights

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hopefulkidshark · 1 month

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Gaztelugatxe Islet, Basque Country, Spain: Gaztelugatxe is an islet on the coast of Biscay belonging to the municipality of Bermeo, Basque Country. It is connected to the mainland by a man-made bridge. Wikipedia

#Gaztelugatxe Islet #Coast of Biscay #Bermeo #Basque Country #Spain

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beautiful-basque-country · 3 days

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Hi!

Do you know if there's any Jewish history in EH? There are a lot of old (pre-Inquisition) Jewish buildings/art in Spain, Catalonia, and Portugal, but I'm not sure if there are EH. I'm just curious, since I've learned a lot about Jewish life in Spain before the Inquisition, but never about Jewish life in EH, if there even was any.

Thank you!

Kaixo and thanks for your message!

Of course there's Jewish history in EH! In Gipuzkoa there never was a big community, as well as in Araba, with the exception of Guardia. In Bizkaia, Balmaseda was the biggest center for Jews, but sadly they were forcibly expelled around 40 years prior to the expulsion from Castile. Jewish people flourished mainly in the southern side of Nafarroa in Muslim times: there were thriving Jewish communities in Lizarra, Tutera, Tafalla, even Iruña.

Luckily this didn't change after the Reconquista! Jewish people were mainly merchants and moneylenders - profession banned for Christians - and they would work with peasants and nobility alike. They were also wine makers, and this wine was very much appreciated not only in the kingdom of Navarre, but also in Aragón and Castile. Navarrese kings supported Jewish communities and welcomed any Jew from other region.

There's a tragic but moving story about this time. The Jewish community of Gasteiz was forced to leave, but they agreed to hand over their cemetery to the city on the condition of respect the ground and don't build on it. The promise was respected for 460 years until 1952, when Jewish representatives agreed with the town hall that the ground was available for any use. Nowadays, it's a park with this monument to Jewish people. The neighborhood is called Judimendi, "the mountain of Jewish people".

In fact, when the kingdom of Castile ordered the expulsion of Jews from Castile, most of them moved to the kingdom of Navarre. But after the conquest by Castile in 1512, Jews and Muslims were effectively expelled from their home. Most of them didn't go too far, just across the border, to Baiona.

Baiona welcomed Basque, Spanish and Portuguese Jews, gathering a very important community that led to call the town the little Jerusalem at one time. There's a much modern legacy there than south the border, for example, there's still a functioning synagogue.

After the French revolution, Jews were reocgnised the same rights and duties than any other French, so they kept their businesses and in Baiona, many of them devoted themselves to chocolate - still one of the best in Europe, I must add.

But during WW2 and nazi occupation, maaaany of these Jewish people were captured and led to extermination camps. The community didn't die, though, and they welcomed a new wave of Jewish refugees in the 60s due to the French-Algerian war.

René Cassin, one of the fathers of the Declaration of Human Rights, was a Jew from Baiona, btw.

Nowadays in Euskadi there are just around 300 Jews, while in Iparralde this figure is bigger but not super high (just around ~3,000 in the whole Aquitaine).

#euskal herria #basque country #pays basque #pais vasco #euskadi #jewish history #jews #history #sefarad

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elfietherine · 10 months

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Oil paintings by wonderful Basque artist Alai Ganuza

So unique!

#contemporary art #pastel palette #vibrant #basque country #basque art #oil painting #food painting

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kropotkindersurprise · 6 months

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October 28/29, 2023 - A small selection of the world-wide protests in solidarity with Palestine. In Europe and North America hundreds of thousands took to the streets to condemn their governments' complicity in Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian people, and demanding an end to Israel's genocide and apartheid. [videos] Solidarity demonstrations pictured here: London, UK Berlin, Germany / New York City, USA Athens, Greece Toronto, Canada / Paris, France / Rome, Italy Detroit, USA / San Francisco, USA Bilbao, Basque Country / Lille, France / Montpellier, France Los Angeles, USA Glasgow, Scotland / Marseille, France Thessaloniki, Greece / Madrid, Spain / Valencia, Spain Den Haag, the Netherlands