Estancia de la emperatriz Zita en Lekeitio Curiosity · Lekeitio, Lea-Artibai / Markina-Ondarroa, Bizkaia Image of Lekeitio, not of the place itself. Empress Zita of Austria-Hungary, widow of the last emperor Karl I, lived in the Uribarren palace in Lekeitio between 1922 and 1929 during her exile. Photo: Marisol Murua (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Lekeitio