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Zumaia is a small town in the north of Spain in the Basque Country.
The town has two beaches (Itzurun and Santiago), which are of interest to geologists because they are situated among the longest set of continuous rock strata in the world. These formations are termed flysch and they date from the mid-cretaceous period to the present, a time period of over 100 million years. The K–T boundary is present at the Itzurun beach, and fossils can be found, notably of ammonites. The strata stretches along a distance of about 8 km, between the beaches of Deba and Getaria, with Zumaia lying in the middle.
The town is also the home-turned-museum of the painter Ignacio Zuloaga. Exhibits include works by El Greco, Rivera, Zurbarán and Goya. Across the street there is a museum of craft and hand-crafted products of Laia. Within the city centre, the Basque-style Gothic church of San Pedro can be found. It has a temple with a magnificent reredos by Juan de Antxieta, the only work by this Basque sculptor found in Gipuzkoa.
Zumaia is located at the point where the Urola and Narrondo rivers come together. The origins of the town can be traced by its ancient monastery. In the Middle Ages, the people who lived in the Sehatz valley having to endure the continuous attacks of pirates and pillagers, fortified the city. The church today retains the relic of its defensive appearance.
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La iglesia de San Pedro es un inmueble de la localidad española de Zumaya, en la provincia de Guipúzcoa.
IglesiaBien de interés cultural
La Casa de Ubillos es un palacio situado en la localidad de Zumaya, en la comarca de Urola Costa, en Guipúzcoa. El nombre se debe a la familia originalmente propietaria de la misma.
Casa torreBien de interés cultural
El faro de Zumaya es un faro situado en el monte Atalaya, en la localidad de Zumaya, sobre la orilla oeste del estuario del río Urola, en la provincia de Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, España. Está gestionado por la autoridad portuaria del Puerto de Pasajes.
FaroBien inventariado del patrimonio cultural vasco
Museo de estilo historicista.
MuseoBien de interés cultural
Casa, del siglo XVII.
CasaBien de interés cultural
Ermita de estilo románica.
ErmitaParte de un sitio Patrimonio de la Humanidad
PuenteParte de un sitio Patrimonio de la Humanidad
Estación de ferrocarrilBien inventariado del patrimonio cultural vasco
Astillero naval, del siglo XX.
Astillero navalBien inventariado del patrimonio cultural vasco
Centro cultural, del siglo XIX.
Centro culturalBien inventariado del patrimonio cultural vasco
Casa consistorialBien inventariado del patrimonio cultural vasco
Palacio de estilo barroca.
PalacioPatrimonio construido vasco destacado
CaseríoBien inventariado del patrimonio cultural vasco
EdificioBien inventariado del patrimonio cultural vasco
Ermita, del siglo XVI.
ErmitaPatrimonio construido vasco destacado
Patrimonio industrial de estilo Neovasco, del siglo XX.
Patrimonio industrialPatrimonio construido vasco destacado
IglesiaBien inventariado del patrimonio cultural vasco
Palacio de estilo historicista.
PalacioPatrimonio construido vasco destacado
EdificioBien inventariado del patrimonio cultural vasco
Patrimonio industrialPatrimonio construido vasco destacado
Palacio de estilo gótica.
PalacioPatrimonio construido vasco destacado
EdificioBien inventariado del patrimonio cultural vasco
EdificioBien inventariado del patrimonio cultural vasco
ChimeneaBien inventariado del patrimonio cultural vasco
EdificioBien inventariado del patrimonio cultural vasco
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