Nacimiento de Ignacio de Loyola Historical milestone · Azpeitia, Urola Kosta, Gipuzkoa Ignacio de Loyola was born in 1491 in the tower-house of Loyola, built in the late 14th century for the Oñacino noble Beltrán Yáñez de Loyola, in the Loyola neighborhood, within the municipal territory of Azpeitia. 1491 Photo: Raystorm (CC BY-SA 3.0 es) What to see and do in Azpeitia