Urarte is a hamlet and concejo in the municipality of Bernedo, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain.
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Markinez is a hamlet and concejo located in the municipality of Bernedo, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain. It was an independent municipality until 1961, when it was merged with Arluzea to form Arlucea-Marquínez. In turn, this municipality was merged into Bernedo in 1976. The chapel of San Juan, located next to the hamlet, is catalogued as a bien de interés cultural.
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Laño is a hamlet and concejo in Condado de Treviño within the Treviño enclave; which is administratively part of the Spanish province of Burgos, but which is completely surrounded by the territory of the Basque country province of Álava. It is best known for the fossils of extinct vertebrates dating from around 70 million years before present which have been found there.
Las Gobas, a site of ancient artificial caves from the 7th to the 13th century CE, is located just north of the village.
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Arluzea is a hamlet and concejo in the municipality of Bernedo, in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain. It was an independent municipality until 1961, when it was merged with Markinez to form Arlucea-Marquínez. In turn, this municipality was merged into Bernedo in 1976.
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The Church of Nuestra Señora de la Peña de Faido is a church in Faido, Peñacerrada-Urizaharra, Basque Country, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1984 and Monument by the Basque Government in 2003. The church is partially located in an artificial cave.
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Lagrán is a town and municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain.
Its name comes from: larra-gran which in Spanish means sobre el prado. It is located in the south part of Álava in a valley where the river Ega is born. It has an altitude of 756 m above the sea level, and near the village, at only 3 km from there, are mountains with a height of 1,400 m. There is a huge variety of species of animals and plants. In this valley potatoes and different types of cereals are grown, for commercial purposes or even for direct consumption. In the border of this valley there are several forests. There can be frequently seen hunters around this area, either major or minor hunting, because of its variety of fauna. It currently has 126 inhabitants, and it is considered to be the oldest village in Alava. Its average age is around 70 years old.
The mayor also controls another 2 towns, called Villaverde and Pipaón; Lagrán is the town with the highest population of the 3. Villaverde became more famous after Eva Garcia Saenz de Urturi published the Books of the White City because it's the town of the grandfather of the author and the main character of the books.