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What to see and do in Sopuerta

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

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 2 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of Sopuerta

Iglesias de San Martín de Carral y Nuestra Señora de Mercadillo 1.6 km

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What to see and do in Sopuerta

Sopuerta
Village
Municipality of the Encartaciones organized around five parishes (San Martín de Carral, Nuestra Señora de Mercadillo, San Pedro, Santa Cruz, and San Bartolomé), with strong mining development between the late 19th century and the 20th century, which gave the mining neighborhood of Alén as many as 565 inhabitants of its own. It has 2,820 inhabitants (INE, 2025).
Casa de Juntas de Avellaneda
Historical milestone
Monumental complex in the Avellaneda neighborhood whose origin dates back to the 14th century, remodeled in the 20th century, which served as the seat of the Juntas Generales de las Encartaciones, the traditional governing body of the comarca.
La minería en Sopuerta
Historical milestone
From the late 19th century and for much of the 20th, Sopuerta experienced intense mining development, with mining railways, aerial cableways and processing facilities. The Alén district, now abandoned, once had close to a thousand inhabitants and its own services.
Iglesias de San Martín de Carral y Nuestra Señora de Mercadillo
Monument
Sopuerta has five parishes, among them San Martín de Carral, rebuilt in 1730, and Nuestra Señora de Mercadillo, established around 1520, as well as chapels dedicated to Santa Lucía, San Antonio de Padua and San Roque.