Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Zumárraga

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Settlement of the upper Urola, a villa from 1661

Zumárraga was a settlement of scattered farmsteads around the parish of Santa María. From the end of the 15th century the core moved closer to the river, in 1526 it had its first municipal ordinances and in 1661 it received the title of villa. Miguel López de Legazpi, who colonised the Philippines in the 16th century, was born there.

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Ermita de Santa María de la Antigua (Santa María de la Antigua): Church, c. 1501 to 1524

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