ERREBONBILLOAK
ERREBONBILLOAK On the first Sunday in October a somewhat unusual festivitytakes place in Elorrio under the name of Errebonbilloak. In 1571 the Christian fleet defeated the Turks at the battle of Lepanto, thus cutting short the expansion of Islam across the western...
ELVIRA IÑURRIETA AZKARRAGA
ELVIRA IÑURRIETA AZKARRAGA Elvira was the town midwife in Elorrio, and she helped bring more than 2400 children into the world. She was born in Barcelona, where her family had moved to work, in 1895. After living in various locations around Spain she eventually...
ALEJANDRO GOIKOETXEA OMAR
ALEJANDRO GOIKOETXEA OMAR One of the designers of the Talgo train and became known as the “betrayer of the Iron Ring”. Born in Elorrio on 23 March 1895. He was the engineer in charge of the construction of the fortified defences in the hills surrounding Bilbao known...