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What to see and do in Mañaria

What to see and do in Mañaria (Durangaldea, Bizkaia): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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

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What to see and do in Mañaria

Mañaria
Village
Municipality of the Duranguesado with Magdalenian and Neolithic sites in the caves of Silibranka, Kobazar and Atxuri, and a 6th-century Visigothic liturgical vessel. It belonged to the merindad of Durango and experienced a period of prosperity in the 18th-19th centuries thanks to the exploitation of its quarries: in 1751 marble columns from Mañaria were extracted for the Royal Palace of Madrid. It has 539 inhabitants (INE, 2025); 72.75% of its area belongs to the Urkiola Natural Park.
Iglesia de Santa María de Mañaria
Monument
Church expanded in 1551 and rebuilt between 1859 and 1862 by the architect Lorenzo Francisco de Moñiz; it preserves a wooden barrel vault (1586-1590) that imitates Gothic stonework.
Columnas de mármol de Mañaria para el Palacio Real
Historical milestone
In 1751 twenty-two marble columns were quarried in Mañaria for the construction of the Royal Palace in Madrid.
Cuevas prehistóricas de Mañaria
Nature
The territory of Mañaria, 72.75% of which lies within the Urkiola nature park, holds Magdalenian and Neolithic cave sites such as Silibranka, Kobazar and Atxuri.