De Castillo y Elejabeitia a Artea Historical milestone · Artea, Arratia-Nerbioi, Bizkaia Image of Artea, not of the place itself. The municipality arose from the union of the former parishes of Castillo (with its tower house) and Elejabeitia ('lower church' in Basque); it adopted the shortened name Artea in 1994. Photo: WikiPokos (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Artea