#euskal herria

[beautiful-basque-country]

Sometimes I come across Tumblr blogs devoted to Spain but that won't talk about inside politics or history, just about the Mediterranean, the history of the state as a whole, and Spanish culture and food understood as Andalusian / Mediterranean.

I guess the bloggers - generally USAmericans -, even if they offer it as super informative and politically unbiased, want to write about the idea of Spain they have, not about Spain.

#euskal herria #basque country #pays basque #pais vasco #euskadi #spain #ranting rant #off topic #kinda #welp

[kropotkindersurprise]

December 8, 2023 - Hundreds of people gathered in Guernica, Basque Country, to form a human flag in solidarity with the Palestinian people, as air raid sirens filled the air. The town of Guernica became symbol and a rallying cry against war crimes and the slaughter of civillians after German and Italian planes bombed the town for Franco's fascists in 1937, during the Spanish civil war, killing hundreds of innocent civillians. [video]

#guernica #gernika #basque country #euskal herria #solidarity #free palestine #flag #palestine #palestinian flag #anti-war #occupation #apartheid #spanish civil war #spain #antifa #antifascism #antifascist action #2023 #gif #gaza

[lifeissuchafuckinrollercoaster]

My girlfriend and i went to a very delicious peruvian restaurant in Bilbao.

#mine #personal #lights #neon lights #españa #spain #bilbao #euskal herria #basque country #euskadi #pais vasco #trip #travel #europe #euro #cityscape #city lights

[unidaddeser]

Bascore

#basque country #euskal herria #cute photos i think #photography #mine #my stuff

[fletxerandoliver]

Durangaldea

#europa #europe #euskal herria #spain #paisajes #landscape #country #mountains #muntanyes #pais vasco

[anniahma]

Forest dragon (2018)

#original photographers #forest #tree #spring #green #camouflage #lapurdi #euskal herria #2018

[foerodens]

The Flysch coast of the Basque Country.

If you're interested in photos like this, please make sure to follow me on Instagram too, that's where I'm most active.

#Basque Country #Flysch #Zumaia #Deba #Sakoneta #Playa de Sakoneta #Mutriku #Euskadi #euskal herria #Pais vasco #coast photography #beautiful coast #ocean photography #ocean shore #ocean aesthetic #Hobbiton #Lindon #Middle-earth aesthetics #middle earth aesthetics #middle earth locations #middle earth #landscape photography #landschaftsfotografie #foe rodens photography #Flysch coast

[dabid-motozalea]

#mi pueblo #el lugar más bonito del mundo #donostia #donosti #basque country #euskal herria

[dianyucu]

#basque country #euskera #euskal herria #euskadi #memeak #karkar

[roostertailenjoyer]

was browsing google maps street view in Hondarribia (a town in the north of basque country, right on the french border) when i came across this lady painting. i honestly don't know why this scene touched me, but it did.

#basque country #hondarribia #euskal herria #euskadi #euskaldunak #i hope this doesn't come off as creepy #i specifically screenshotted so her face wasn't visible even though google maps censors faces automatically #i just genuinely really like the vibes

[beautiful-basque-country]

Hi!

Do you know if there's any Jewish history in EH? There are a lot of old (pre-Inquisition) Jewish buildings/art in Spain, Catalonia, and Portugal, but I'm not sure if there are EH. I'm just curious, since I've learned a lot about Jewish life in Spain before the Inquisition, but never about Jewish life in EH, if there even was any.

Thank you!

Kaixo and thanks for your message!

Of course there's Jewish history in EH! In Gipuzkoa there never was a big community, as well as in Araba, with the exception of Guardia. In Bizkaia, Balmaseda was the biggest center for Jews, but sadly they were forcibly expelled around 40 years prior to the expulsion from Castile. Jewish people flourished mainly in the southern side of Nafarroa in Muslim times: there were thriving Jewish communities in Lizarra, Tutera, Tafalla, even Iruña.

Luckily this didn't change after the Reconquista! Jewish people were mainly merchants and moneylenders - profession banned for Christians - and they would work with peasants and nobility alike. They were also wine makers, and this wine was very much appreciated not only in the kingdom of Navarre, but also in Aragón and Castile. Navarrese kings supported Jewish communities and welcomed any Jew from other region.

There's a tragic but moving story about this time. The Jewish community of Gasteiz was forced to leave, but they agreed to hand over their cemetery to the city on the condition of respect the ground and don't build on it. The promise was respected for 460 years until 1952, when Jewish representatives agreed with the town hall that the ground was available for any use. Nowadays, it's a park with this monument to Jewish people. The neighborhood is called Judimendi, "the mountain of Jewish people".

In fact, when the kingdom of Castile ordered the expulsion of Jews from Castile, most of them moved to the kingdom of Navarre. But after the conquest by Castile in 1512, Jews and Muslims were effectively expelled from their home. Most of them didn't go too far, just across the border, to Baiona.

Baiona welcomed Basque, Spanish and Portuguese Jews, gathering a very important community that led to call the town the little Jerusalem at one time. There's a much modern legacy there than south the border, for example, there's still a functioning synagogue.

After the French revolution, Jews were reocgnised the same rights and duties than any other French, so they kept their businesses and in Baiona, many of them devoted themselves to chocolate - still one of the best in Europe, I must add.

But during WW2 and nazi occupation, maaaany of these Jewish people were captured and led to extermination camps. The community didn't die, though, and they welcomed a new wave of Jewish refugees in the 60s due to the French-Algerian war.

René Cassin, one of the fathers of the Declaration of Human Rights, was a Jew from Baiona, btw.

Nowadays in Euskadi there are just around 300 Jews, while in Iparralde this figure is bigger but not super high (just around ~3,000 in the whole Aquitaine).

#euskal herria #basque country #pays basque #pais vasco #euskadi #jewish history #jews #history #sefarad

[iknaenmal]

some fun basque songs i like because why not yeah

#music #euskal herria #ikna talks #most of these are some cool songs basically everyone knows here #and the last one! well thats a song made by my mothers cousins daughter yeah :] #shes very great i like her songs a lot!! #Spotify

[lifeissuchafuckinrollercoaster]

Another sunset in Bilbao, Spain.

#mine #personal #bilbao #españa #spain #europe #sunset #landscape #cityscape #euskadi #euskal herria #pais vasco #basque country #sunsets

[vuesurlespyrenees]

La Concha San Sebastian

#paysbasque #ocean #euskal herria #euskadi

[fletxerandoliver]

#pixlr

#europa #europe #paisajes #landscape #country #mountains #euskal herria #muntanyes #spain

[anniahma]

After a pouring rain (2018)

#original photographers #water #building #things on the street #green #square #spring #izaba #erronkari #nafarroa #euskal herria #basque country #2018