Azpeitia

Azpeitiai a city and municipality inside the province of Gipuzkoa, inside the Basque Country of Spain, positioned at the Urola river some kilometres east of Azkoitia. Its population is 14,580. It is located forty one kilometres southwest of Donostia/San Sebastian. Azpeitia is the birthplace of Ignatius of Loyola. The house of his beginning is now preserved as a part of big Jesuit compound, the Sanctuary of Loyola, a first-rate enchantment of vacationers and pilgrims alike.

It is likewise the birthplace of Renaissance composer Juan de Anchieta. Azpeitia lies on the foot of the large Izarraitz towering over the city and plenty visited by way of the townspeople. Azpeitia Railway Museum is placed in the town. Azpeitia become integrated in 1310 through a royal decree of King Fernando IV. Its unique name was “Garmendia de Iraurgi” and a yr later it was renamed “Salvatierra de Iraurgi”. The call “Azpeitia” is first found in 1397.

During the thirteenth and 14th centuries there were many battles and wars among outstanding households within the metropolis, in particular between the Onatz and Gamboa families. In 1766, there was insurrection in the city against King Carlos V’s policy of liberalizing the selling and shopping for of wheat and a rebellious city council was in short installed. However, the revolt become quick suppressed with the aid of troops sent from San Sebastian.