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The ikurrina flag (in Basque) [1] or ikurriña (Spanish spelling of the Basque term) [2] is a Basque symbol and the official flag of the Basque Country Autonomous Community of Spain. This flag consists of a white cross over a green saltire on a red field.
José María Iparraguirre, (1820–1881) was a Spanish poet and writer in the Basque language, bertsolari and musician. [1]José Maria Iparraguirre, a bard, is known for his compositions, the most significant of which is Gernikako Arbola (literally "the Guernica tree"); [2] it quickly became the Basque anthem.
" Eusko Abendaren Ereserkia " [a] ("Anthem of the Basque Race"), also known as "Euskadiko Ereserkia" ("Anthem of the Basque Country"), is the official anthem of the Basque Country in northern Spain. The lyrics were written by Basque nationalist writer Sabino Arana , and its melody is based on an old Basque tune.
This is a list of flags of provinces of Spain.The flags are listed per autonomous community.The list also discusses coat of arms as most flags feature them. In addition to the provinces which have no official flag (A Coruña, Zamora and the whole Valencian Community: Alicante, Castellón, Valencia), which sometimes use erroneously the capital town flag, or with the variants sometimes used by ...
1880s in the Basque Country (autonomous community) ... 1880s in Spanish music (3 P) ... 1881 in Spain; 1884 in Spain; 1885 in Spain; 1886 in Spain; A. Alfonso XII; P.
Gernikako Arbola " is the title of a song in bertso form presented both in Madrid (1853) and by the shrine of Saint Anthony at Urkiola (1854) by the Basque bard José María Iparraguirre, celebrating the Tree of Gernika and the Basque liberties. The song is the unofficial anthem of the Basques, but
Txistu ensemble in the streets of Leioa Alboka players and a tambourine man playing a tune together Txalaparta players in a festival. Basque traditional music is a product of the region's historic development and strategic geographical position on the Atlantic arch at a crossroads between mountains (Cantabrian mountain range, Pyrenees) and plains (Ebro basin), ocean and inland, European ...
"Basque (Country) [Vasco (País)], Euscalerria or Euskalerria: Region of south-western Europe, an area inhabited especially by the 'Basques': they keep unity with regards to race and language, in spite of one sector belonging to Spain (see Spanish Basque Country [País Vasco-Español]) and the other to France (see French Basque Country [País ...