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Elgoibar (Spanish: Elgóibar) is an industrial town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain.
Located in a valley, it is traversed by the Deba river.
Elgoibar is nicknamed the "capital city of the Machine tool".
Originally the town was called Villamayor de Marquina, but it had been founded in a place called before Elgoibar field. The town came to be known by this name a few centuries of its foundation. Until the mid-15th century it appears in the documentation as Villamayor de Marquina, but in the statutes of the Brotherhood of Gipuzkoa of 1457 and 1463 years appears with the Elgoibar name and it has prevailed until today.
Elgoibar name has been used in Spanish and in Basque in order to refer to the small town. The only difference is that in Spanish the name Elgoibar has an accent mark above its "o".
Elgoibar etymologically comes from the Basque language and is possibly composed of the word elge (meaning "field", usually cultivated), and iba - a word which means "valley" or "plain". Therefore, "elge ibar" would be a similar term to "vega" or "a cultivated field". This etymology would fit quite well with the mention of Elgoibar field that appears in the settlement charter of the town.
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La iglesia de San Bartolomé de Olaso fue un inmueble de la localidad española de Elgóibar, en la provincia de Guipúzcoa.
CementerioBien de interés cultural
La casa Lonja de Alzola está situada en el barrio de Alazola de la localidad guipuzcoana de Elgóibar, en el País Vasco, España.
PalacioPatrimonio construido vasco destacado
La iglesia de San Bartolomé es un templo católico ubicado en la es un inmueble de la localidad guipuzcoana de Elgóibar, en el País Vasco, España.
Iglesia
El Museo de la Máquina-Herramienta es un museo ubicado en la localidad guipuzcoana de Elgoibar en el País Vasco, España, dedicado a divulgar la historia de la máquina herramienta, una industria con una larga tradición en la comarca del Bajo Deva y en el País Vasco en general.
Museo
Casa consistorial de estilo barroca.
Casa consistorialBien de interés cultural
Palacio de estilo barroca.
PalacioBien de interés cultural
Casa torre de estilo gótica.
Casa torreBien de interés cultural
DolmenPatrimonio arqueológico vasco destacado
TúmuloPatrimonio arqueológico vasco destacado
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