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If somebody has known of Bilbao and its historical center, and it has spread it with authentic
enthusiasm in diverse forums - among them, the municipal newspaper "Bilbao" (that it coordinated) and
Editions the Linden tree (of whom he was cofounding) -, that one is ANGEL ORTIZ
ALFAU. Incorrigible Unamuniano, socialist councilman and of the District de la Cruz, Ortiz Alfau spoke in its article "Of stroll by
the Old Helmet" of the "great personages that has given east town, been born in the Helmet Old (...) Bilbao
universal, musical, architects, writers, politicians, engineers,
industralists... whom of everything Villa has given".
HISTORIES OF BLUE BLOOD
Kings and noble populated and walked the Bilbao Old Helmet. Some were of arms to take, in certain cases,
literally.
FERNANDO VII was received ostentosamente in Villa in 1828. The welcome
in Atxuri occurred him, with a retinue that reunited to comparseros, fireworks and run of bulls ("salamanquinos"). The Sandy
ground was engalanado and was cucañas in Ri'a.
The festive program of the City
council and the Delegation, according to informed the bookseller into old Javier Madariaga, also counted on cars thrown
by horses and arcs. Her daughter ISABEL II also was very homenajeada to her pass by
Bilbao, with Ri'a crossed by boats and boats engalanadas by flags and pennant streamers. In the Swiss Coffee of the New
Seat one offered dances in honor to the queen. Romería that was celebrated in the
summit of Monte Banderas and cucañas was carried out by Bilbaoans
"of ingenuous character", according to the announcing poster of the
acts.
The Tower of San Martín de Güeñes (in Artekale), ordinary cockpit
of the Kings from Castile to its pass by Bilbao, had like inhabitants to ENRIQUE IV of Castile, in 1475; FERNANDO the
CATHOLIC, in 1476, and to its wife ISABEL, in 1483. ISABEL the CATHOLIC swore the fueros,
dressed Basque villager, in the vestibule of Tenderi'a, on the Shore, in 1483. That year, authorized the demolition
of the wall of the Old Helmet, allowing new ways, like Bidebarrieta (of there the toponímico
of this street). PEDRO OF CASTILE, "the Cruel one", commanded to the scaffold to five men, to defend the Law of Biscay
of the annexation of the crown of Castile. Also, in Artekale it gave death, of hand of his
crossbowmen and to blow of mace, to the infant Sir Juan de Aragón, thrown later from one of the windows. Another
"capricious" nobleman was Mr. of Biscay Sir TELLO. Great fan to the hunting of montería,
ordered his servants to assassinate to porrazos to Sir Juan de Abendaño, because this one put between the wild
boars of its property. Once dead, threw the corpse by the window of the tower that
headed Artekale.
Sir
DIEGO HARO LOPEZ, XII Mr. of Biscay, known to create the letter populates original with Villa in 1300, is
not to all the eyes a honorable personage. It exerted the Señorío between 1295
and 1310 under the name of "intruder", since it made prevail his influence over the rights of his Dª niece MARIA HARO
DIAZ, that happened when dying he to him in the site of Algeciras. Sir
Diego, when promoting the letter populates, facilitated the passage to the of
Burgos merchants until the sea, thus dealing with England.
The
LEGUIZAMÓN GENTLEMEN were against the access of the of Burgos merchandise and they faced its carts
and, therefore, the foundation of 1300. TRISTÁN OF LEGUIZAMÓN belonged to one of the oldest lineages
of Villa. With a tower in Brief of the same name - that connected with
San Antón, where they had own chapel Leguizamón was gentilhombre of the Emperor Carlos V and its campaigns in Italy and Etxebarri
was very famous.
The other accumulated that lived Old Helmet was: in Brief, the
Mayorazgo of Sir Francisco de Zumelzu, the families of the Egia, of
Bergaretxe, Mazarraga and Salcedo; the houses tower that surrounded Old Slaughter were those of Diego de Echevarri and the one of Martín
Perez de Marquina, perviviendo those of Arieto and Azurdui, Novia and
Larrinaga; from Barrenkale, one urbanized the streets of the Ball, Santa Maria and of the Dog, limited by the towers of the named lineage
Bilbao; in Mail, the stone shields of some buildings speak of the families who lived there: the Salcedo, Beyond
Salazar Gortazar and Ampuero.
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