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Explore the museums in Debabarrena

Discover the history and culture of Debabarrena while visiting the museums. Each one of them keeps a secret that will help you undestand the essence of our community.

It´s time to explore the museums!

Museums

Arms Industry Museum

Machine-tool Museum

The Nautilus Museum

Mufomi Museum

Bone Museum

Civil War Front Interpretation Centre

Arms Industry Museum

The city of Eibar has a museum dedicated to the conservation and dissemination of historical memory and industrial heritage. This museum houses, on the one hand, the collection of weapons from the old Armory School Museum, and on the other, it offers a journey through the history of Eibar industry, from the 14th century to the present day. In it, you can find a wide variety of products manufactured in Eibar.
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Machine-tool Museum

This museum pays tribute to the ironworkers, forgers and craftsmen of Elgoibar. With its facilities and machines in operation, it uniquely presents manufacturing procedures, technical descriptions and practical examples with real machining operations. In addition, the Museum serves as a teaching guide to show the origin and evolution of the different technologies used in mechanical manufacturing processes.
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The Nautilus Museum

The Nautilus Museum in Mutriku exhibits the extensive collection of samples taken from the coast ofMutriku, which offer an explanation to all of those incognitos throughout history, without having to get your feet wet. The fossil materials on display in the museum have been collected by local resident, Jesús M. Narváez Amasorrain over 30 long years, during which he has succeeded in safeguarding the paleontological heritage of Mutriku.
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The Museum of Fossils and Minerals

Mufomi is a showcase for the varied and rich paleontological heritage of Euskal Herria and an open window to the geological and archaeological landscape of our planet. The museum’s collection is made up of more than 3000 objects, including pieces such as the skull of a mammoth aboutn 125,000 years old, a crocodile skeleton, two bear skeletons, two Icthyosaur fossils, as well as fossils and minerals from our environment. nearby and from other parts of the world
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Bone Museum

This museum offers a walk through prehistory, from the Acheulean period of the Paleolithic, to the late Bronze Age. For this, it has an extensive collection of replicas of the tools used at the time, masterfully carved by its founder. It is a unique museum in the territory, probably in the state. The collection has more than 700 pieces of tools for fishing, hunting, toys, cult tools, for making fire, and so on.

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Civil War Front Interpretation Centre

This place hosts a memorial space before the access of places as Arrate, Akordia, Kalamua, Urku or Aginaga. Thus, it is important to know the facts surrounding Eibar that took place in the mountains, and which developed during the seven months of the Civil War in Eibar.
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The heritage
a cultural treasure...

Industrial Heritage

The industrial heritage of Debabarrena is one of the greatest references in the industrial history of the Basque Country and one of the most characteristic features of the region.

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The old quarter in Mutriku

The streets of Mutriku have been officially recognised as an important monumental complex and are a wonderful way of learning about much of the history of the Basque Coast. It is also a great way of finding out more about eminent local characters, such as sailors Cosme Damián Txurruka and Antonio Gaztañeta.
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Patrimonio adscrito a camino de Santiago

Situado entre Bilbao, San Sebastián y Vitoria, Debabarrena presenta una excelente oferta hotelera. Hoteles con vistas al mar y cercanos a la playa, en valles escondidos, en la monte, para descansar, cercanos a las zonas industriales del País Vasco (Bilbao, Mondrágón, Elgoibar, Eibar, …), con talasoterapia, con hidromasaje, con jacuzzi, …

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San Blas

Christmas is over, but in Debabarrena we continue to make winter as sweet as possible. On 3 February, we make the most popular treat in our traditional repertoire of cakes and biscuits: Tortas de San Blas (Saint Blaise biscuits). Come and try them!

The tradition of making biscuits to celebrate the Feast of Saint Blaise is not exclusive to Debabarrena, and is typical also in other parts of the Basque Country, such as Abadiño and Llodio.

In our region, however, many people still make these biscuits at home and then take them to church to be blessed. Saint Blaise is the patron saint of throat-related problems, which is why, according to popular belief, in addition to eating the biscuits, you should also take a piece of string to church to be blessed, and then wear it tied around your neck for nine days before burning it. This will provide protection against colds and other illnesses for an entire year.

Ingredients

For the dough:

  • 1 kg wheat flour
  • 6 eggs
  • 125 g pork lard (or butter or margarine)
  • ½ kg granulated sugar
  • 1 sachet of baking powder
  • 15 drops of aniseed essence

For the glaze:

  • 2 egg whites
  • 250 g icing sugar
  • 10 drops of lemon juice
  • 3 drops of aniseed essence

Preparation

  • Preheat the oven to 180º C.
  • Place the flour on a clean worktop and push into a volcano shape.
  • Break the eggs into the dip in the centre and mix with your hands.
  • Add the lard (or butter or margarine) and knead.
  • Gradually add the sugar and aniseed essence.
  • Knead until the dough is no longer sticky.
  • Shape into a ball and leave to stand for at least half an hour at room temperature.
  • Sprinkle the worktop and a rolling pin with flour.
  • Divide the dough into small balls and squash them down to around half a centimetre in thickness.
  • Adjust the shape using a plate or tray.
  • For a fluted border, pinch round the edge.
  • Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for around 15-20 minutes, until the biscuits are golden brown but not toasted.
  • Meanwhile, for the glaze, beat the egg whites until stiff.
  • Still beating, add the icing sugar, lemon juice and aniseed essence until you have a dense white paste.
  • Spread the glaze over the still-warm biscuits using a spoon.