Fundación y cambio de nombre de Alegia Historical milestone · Alegia, Tolosaldea, Gipuzkoa Image of Alegia, not of the place itself. The municipality was founded in 1454 under the name Alegría. In the 1916 municipal naming reform it became Alegría de Oria (Alegia in Basque), to distinguish it from other Spanish towns of the same name. 1454 (fundación); 1916 (cambio de nombre) Photo: Xabier Eskisabel (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Alegia