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What to see and do in Erriberagoitia/Ribera Alta

What to see and do in Erriberagoitia/Ribera Alta (Cuadrilla de Añana, Álava): 5 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of Erriberagoitia/Ribera Alta

Iglesia con torre-casa de Pobes, Erriberagoitia/Ribera Alta 600 m

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What to see and do in Erriberagoitia/Ribera Alta

Erriberagoitia/Ribera Alta
Village
Municipality of 839 inhabitants (2025) and 119.78 km², with its capital at Pobes. Made up of 25 small settlements organized into 20 concejos (Pobes, Tuyo, Subijana-Morillas, and Anúcita among the most populous), plus another four entities administered directly by the town council. It is crossed by the Bayas and Zadorra rivers.
Lago de Caicedo-Yuso y Arreo
Nature
The only natural lake in the Basque Autonomous Community, located at 650 m altitude between Caicedo-Yuso and Arreo. With about 15 hectares of water surface and up to 25 meters deep, it is one of only two lakes on the Iberian Peninsula formed over a salt diapir (the Añana diapir); it is fed by a saline spring and surrounded by Portuguese oaks, holm oaks, and marsh vegetation.
Iglesia con torre-casa de Pobes, Erriberagoitia/Ribera Alta
Monument
The church of the Asunción in Pobes preserves a Romanesque doorway brought from the vanished depopulated settlement of Carasta; in Artaza, the church of San Cosme y San Damián retains Romanesque traces in its chancel window and exterior corbels.
Iglesia de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora de Pobes
Monument
Parish church of the concejo of Pobes, the main religious building of the village.
La retaguardia francesa combatida en Pobes
Historical milestone
On 19 June 1813, during the Peninsular War, Lord Wellington, assisted by Sir Lowry Cole, attacked the rearguard of the French army in Pobes and other locations.