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What to see and do in Ugao-Miraballes

What to see and do in Ugao-Miraballes (Arratia-Nerbioi, Bizkaia): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 2 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of Ugao-Miraballes

Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Udiarraga 300 m

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What to see and do in Ugao-Miraballes

Ugao-Miraballes
Village
Town founded on March 4, 1375 by the infante Don Juan under the name Villanueva de Miraballes, in the area known as Ugao. It adopted its current official name, Ugao-Miraballes, in 1986. It has 4,213 inhabitants (INE, 2025), with one of the highest population densities in the comarca.
Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Udiarraga
Monument
Baroque-style religious building opened in 1780, one of the main monuments in Ugao-Miraballes.
Iglesia de San Bartolomé de Ugao-Miraballes
Monument
Single-nave church from the late 15th or early 16th century, with 17th-century reforms, ribbed vaults with tiercerons over the crossing, and Romanist-style art.
Fuente de los Tres Caños de Ugao-Miraballes
Monument
Neoclassical fountain from 1858 that replaced an earlier Baroque one from 1779, fed by springs on Monte Goikiri.
Fundación de Villanueva de Miraballes en 1375
Historical milestone
On 4 March 1375 the infante Juan, Lord of Vizcaya, ordered the settling and walling of the town at the site of Ugao, under the name Villanueva de Miraballes. The current hybrid name, combining the Basque term 'Ugao' with the Spanish 'Miraballes', was officially adopted in 1986.
El fortín de Usila y el Cinturón de Hierro
Historical milestone
Beneath the railway bridge stands the Usila fortlet, built in 1937 as part of the Cinturón de Hierro (Iron Belt), the defensive system that protected Bilbao during the Civil War.