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What to see and do in Zalduondo

What to see and do in Zalduondo (Cuadrilla de Salvatierra/Agurain, Álava): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 2 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of Zalduondo

Ermita de San Julián y Santa Basilisa de Aistra 1.2 km

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What to see and do in Zalduondo

Zalduondo
Village
Municipality of 12.03 km² and 186 inhabitants (2018), the only one in the comarca of the Llanada Alavesa made up of a single settlement. Its first written mention dates from 1025, although earlier settlement is presumed. In the Middle Ages it was a waypoint on a secondary branch of the Camino de Santiago coming from France and Gipuzkoa via the San Adrián pass.
Palacio de los Lazarraga
Monument
16th-century palace, today home to the comarcal Ethnographic Museum, the only civil building in Álava that preserves a set of 16th-century narrative mural paintings.
Zalduondo, citada en la Reja de San Millán
Historical milestone
The town's first written mention, as "Zalduhondo", appears in 1025 in the Reja de San Millán.
Ermita de San Julián y Santa Basilisa de Aistra
Monument
12th-century hermitage in the depopulated village of Aistra, within the municipal area of Zalduondo.
El poblado medieval de Aistra
Historical milestone
At the Aistra site, remains have been documented of what has been described as one of the oldest medieval settlements in the northern Peninsula, occupied in the 6th-7th centuries, along with Neolithic and Roman materials.
Bernardo Atxaga, vecino de Zalduondo
Curiosity
The writer Bernardo Atxaga lives in the 17th-century Palacio de Andoin-Luzuriaga, in Zalduondo.
El Carnaval de Zalduondo y el Marquitos
Activity
Rural carnival revived in 1975, featuring the traditional figure of the "Marquitos".