Leturia, Iñaki

There are great treasures underground in Irun, where the Roman city of Oiasso was discovered. We have followed the traces found so far with Oiasso Museum’s director, Juan José Jiménez,and the Arkeolan archaeologist, Zohartze Galán.

The Sierra de Aralar is an enclave especially rich in prehistorical remains. In this report from the Teknopolis Programme, Professor of the University of the Basque Country, Joxean Mujika, offers a tour of its most representative remains, among which can be found dolmens, menhirs and cromlechs. As well as getting to know these important megalithic constructions, we will discover the latest finding made by archaeologists: a place inhabited around 5,000 years ago.

The Antxieta Archaeology group was created some fifty years ago in Azpeitia. Since then, they have gone out every Sunday to prospect in the Urola Valley, in search of new archaeological sites. Among their findings are important enclaves of Basque Prehistory like Ekain cave, in which the Paleolithic paintings were located for the first time in 1968. One of its discoverers, Rafael Rezabal, tells us about this amazing discovery first-hand. Educational Section. Place: Conference Hall Amaia K.Z. (Irun)