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Fundación de la villa de Lekeitio

Lekeitio, Lea-Artibai / Markina-Ondarroa, Bizkaia

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Fundación de la villa de Lekeitio

Historical milestone · Lekeitio, Lea-Artibai / Markina-Ondarroa, Bizkaia

Image of Lekeitio, not of the place itself.

María Díaz de Haro founded the town of Lekeitio in 1325 through a founding charter, granting it its own fueros. Whaling was for centuries one of the town's economic pillars.

1325

Photo: Marisol Murua (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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