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Santuario de Arantzazu

Oñati, Debagoiena / Alto Deba, Gipuzkoa

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Santuario de Arantzazu

Monument · Oñati, Debagoiena / Alto Deba, Gipuzkoa

According to tradition, the Virgin appeared around 1468 to the shepherd Rodrigo de Baltzategi among thorn bushes, on Mount Aloña, putting an end to a drought. The current basilica, by architects Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza and Luis Laorga, began construction in 1950; the first mass was held on 20 August 1955 and it was consecrated in 1969, the fifth centenary of the apparition. The facade is the work of sculptor Jorge Oteiza and the bronze doors are by Eduardo Chillida; the apse was painted by Lucio Muñoz and the crypt by Néstor Basterretxea. It is listed as a Bien Inventariado del Patrimonio Cultural Vasco (an inventoried asset of Basque cultural heritage).

1950-1969

Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Josugoni assumed (based on copyright claims). (Public domain)

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