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What to see and do in Legutio

What to see and do in Legutio (Cuadrilla de Zuia, Álava): 8 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Curiosities · 4 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of Legutio

Embalse de Urrúnaga 3 km

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What to see and do in Legutio

Legutio
Village
Municipality situated opposite the Urrúnaga reservoir. In 1333 Alfonso XI of Castile founded the town of Villarreal de Álava on the old settlement of Legutiano, near the border with the kingdom of Vizcaya, changing its name, granting it charters, and giving it jurisdiction over Urrúnaga, Gojáin, Urbina, Anguelu, Nafarrate, and Elosu. The municipality adopted "Legutiano" as its official name in 1980 and the form "Legutio" in 2011.
Embalse de Urrúnaga
Nature
Reservoir that impounds the waters of the Santa Engracia river, a tributary of the Zadorra, next to the settlement of Legutio.
Fundación de Villarreal de Álava (Legutio) en 1333
Historical milestone
King Alfonso XI of Castile founded the villa of Villarreal de Álava in 1333 on the site of the settlement of Legutiano, granting it charters and jurisdiction over the nearby hamlets of Urrúnaga, Gojáin, Urbina, Anguelu, Nafarrate, and Elosu.
Embalse de Urrunaga y galería a Bilbao
Curiosity
The Urrunaga reservoir (also called Santa Engracia), inaugurated in 1957 on the river Zadorra, has been connected since 1973 by a 15.5 km gallery, 4.25 m in diameter, to the Biscay reservoir of Undurraga in Barazar; after generating electricity, the water is channeled through another tunnel of about 16 km to the water treatment plant of Arrigorriaga, to supply Bilbao.
Iglesia de San Juan Bautista de Urrunaga
Monument
Church built in Romanesque style transitioning to Gothic, with a Romanesque doorway, a Rococo main altarpiece, and Baroque images of the Virgen del Rosario and the Dolorosa; on the shores of the nearby reservoir, sites from the Lower Paleolithic (Kargaleku, Belaustegi) and the Eneolithic-Bronze Age (Saldarroa) have been located.
Batalla de Villarreal de Álava
Historical milestone
Between 30 November and 24 December 1936, during the Civil War, the Basque Army launched against Legutio (Villarreal de Álava) its only major offensive of the war, which ended in failure with close to a thousand casualties among the attacking troops.
Señorío de los Abendaño en Villarreal de Álava
Historical milestone
After its founding in 1333, the town of Villarreal de Álava (Legutio) remained between 1371 and 1683 under the lordship of the Abendaño family, who exercised jurisdictional rule over the place for three centuries.
Atentado de ETA en Legutio de 2008
Historical milestone
On 7 May 2008 the terrorist group ETA set off a car bomb in Legutio, killing the Guardia Civil officer Juan Manuel Piñuel Villán.