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The project
Ondare Irekia | Patrimonio Abierto is a project of Álava Medieval / Erdi Aroko Araba sponsored by Fundación Vital Fundazioa. With this initiative, we open a digital door to anyone who approaches the different points that are part of this initiative.
Through a QR code that you can scan with your smartphone, you can access a complete file with updated historical-artistic information, in addition to a series of digital resources that include 360° photography, thanks to which you will discover the inner space of these places that are usually closed to the public.
Iglesia de San Pedro de Villanueva de la Oca
Saint Peter’s parish church is a building that has undergone various transformations throughout time. Most of the elements that we see today are due to the restructuring suffered during the 18th century.
The church of Our Lady of the Assumption in Ordoñana
This building is a good work of the second half of the 16th century. Nevertheless we can find numerous remains of the old Romanesque manufacturing.The existence of the Romanesque building is confirmed as we reach the portico, where a notable medieval facade appears, which could date from the late 12th century or the beginnings of the 13th century.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción de Salinillas de Buradón
There is almost no trace today of the primitive church of Salinillas de Buradón, which probably dated from the 13th century, when the town was founded. Only the 16th-century manufacturing remains, which was subjected to some subsequent additions and renovations.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de La Asunción de La Puebla de Arganzón
The temple of Our Lady of the Assumption is a magnificent example of Late Gothic religious architecture. Inside we faind one of the the most remarkable and spectacular element of the church, the altarpiece.
Iglesia de San Martín de Estavillo
Estavillo is a strategic town located on top of a hill that looks towards the river Zadorra. Its role as a crossroads, including the Jacobean route and the court road to France, explains the wealth that the town obtained in the medieval centuries.
Basílica de San Prudencio y San Andrés de Armentia
On the outskirts of Vitoria-Gasteiz lies the basilica of San Prudencio and San Andrés de Armentia, seat of the cult of San Prudencio, patron saint of Álava. Built as a collegiate church during the 12th century, the pressure from the neighbouring town of Vitoria made the place fall into decay, hitting the bottom on the 18th century, when it had already lost its cloister and other spaces of the complex
The sanctuary of Estíbaliz
Throughout its history, the enclave has had different uses and functions: it has been a tenement with a fortress that today no longer exists, it was conceived as a monastery, it had a hospital for pilgrims and travellers of the Way of Saint James, it was a hermitage of great devotion and, in its years of decline, back in the 19th century, it became an agricultural warehouse and private house of a resident of the area.
Saint John’s hermitage – Elburgo
On the outskirts of the town of Elburgo, between crop fields, we find Saint John’s hermitage. This building is the only standing remnant that testifies the existence of an ancient small village, named Arrarain, that prospered in the area until the 14th century, when it was abandoned.
The church of the Nativity – Arkaia
A few metres away from the Roman baths, the oldest remains of the town of Arkaia, we find the parish church of the Nativity. The abundant (although sometimes hidden) Romanesque remains scattered along the entire building allow us to get an idea of its appearance in the Middle Ages.
The church of Saint Romanus, Ezkerekotxa
Ezkerekotxa is a village located in the heart of the Alavese Plains and crossed by the Camino de Santiago. In the church of Saint Romanus we find a good summary of all the different historical periods that the population has gone through.