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Elgoibar, capital de la máquina-herramienta

Elgoibar, Debabarrena / Bajo Deba, Gipuzkoa

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Elgoibar, capital de la máquina-herramienta

Curiosity · Elgoibar, Debabarrena / Bajo Deba, Gipuzkoa

From 1895 onward the local industry moved from the old ironworks to machine-tool manufacturing, with the first factory dedicated to drills opening in 1913; today Elgoibar is known as the Spanish capital of this sector.

Photo: Txo (CC BY-SA 4.0)

What to see and do in Elgoibar