Uranzu · CC BY-SA 4.0Mountain village
Alkiza is a rural municipality in the centre of Gipuzkoa, northwest of the Tolosaldea County, in the Basque Country. It is 27 kilometres south of San Sebastian. In 2019 it had 373 inhabitants, of which 88.8% were Basque speakers. Alkiza is an independent municipality since 1731; previously it depended on Tolosa and San Sebastian.
Alkiza is connected with Anoeta and Asteasu through the GI-3630 road. The Asteasu branch was inaugurated in 1952 and the Anoeta branch in 1957. Until then, farm roads and paths linked Alkiza with the nearby villages.
The village is 340 meters above sea level and there are the school, the town hall, the pelota-court and the parish church. The municipality has more than 40 scattered farms and houses.
Its inhabitants are nicknamed in Basque oiloak (chickens).
The village's main festival is on September 8.
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El caserío Lete, documentado como Alquizalete en documentos antiguos, en Alquiza (provincia de Guipúzcoa, España) es un caserío unifamiliar de origen medieval, época de la que mantiene un arco de medio punto y partes de paños góticos visibles en la planta baja, así como postes y vigas de madera…
CaseríoPatrimonio construido vasco destacado
La iglesia de San Martín de Tours es un inmueble de la localidad española de Alquiza, en la provincia de Guipúzcoa.
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