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What to see and do in Aulesti

What to see and do in Aulesti (Lea-Artibai / Markina-Ondarroa, Bizkaia): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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

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What to see and do in Aulesti

Aulesti
Village
Anteiglesia formerly known as Murélaga, which by around 1848 had 1,107 inhabitants according to Pascual Madoz's dictionary. The Ibáñez de Aldecoa palace was declared a bien cultural (cultural asset) by the Diputación de Bizkaia and the Basque Government in 2002. It has 639 inhabitants (INE, 2025).
Iglesia de San Juan Bautista
Monument
Parish church in Basque-Renaissance style with six tall pillars and an imposing bell tower, the main religious landmark of Aulesti (formerly Murélaga).
Ermita de Santa Eufemia
Monument
One of the ten former hermitages of the municipality of Aulesti, among which were also those dedicated to San Juan, La Magdalena, San Lorenzo, San Martín, San Vicente, Santiago, San Antonio, La Piedad and San Esteban.
Torre de Ibáñez de Aulestia
Monument
15th-century tower house that gave its name to the local Ibáñez de Aulestia lineage. One of its members, Juan Ibáñez de Auleztia y Mendirichaga, was a prominent sailor who fought at the Battle of Lepanto and captured the corsair Karamani.
Palacio Argiñena
Monument
16th-century palace preserved in the town of Aulesti, an example of the noble architecture of the Lea-Artibai area.
Incendio de Aulesti de 1498
Historical milestone
A great fire destroyed in 1498 the single street that then made up the town of Aulesti (Murélaga), an episode that shaped the village's later reconstruction.
Aguas medicinales de Telleritako
Nature
Spring of waters considered therapeutic, discovered in 1743 at the Telleritako site, within the municipal territory of Aulesti.