Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Zarauz

Today: Spain

Years
1492–1833
Role
Fishing town on the Guipúzcoa coast

A town founded in 1237 by Fernando III of Castile, whose people lived from fishing, especially whaling, until the 16th century, and afterwards from farming, the textile industry and the making of furniture and ships. The tower-house of the Zarauz family was abandoned in 1457 and is recorded as a bell tower from 1599. The Palacio de Narros was built in 1536, and the Casa Portu, raised by Juan Ortiz de Zarauz, is another Basque palace of the 16th century.

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