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The Basque Country was dinosaur territory between 55 and 75 millionyears ago. Remains have been found in Álava, specifically in Treviño (inthe Lañu mine) and in Izki. We have visited the Lañu site. It is one of themost important dinosaur sites in Europe. A team of geologists and palaeontologistsfrom the University of the Basque Country – UPV/EHU haveidentified 40 species there, of which more than ten are dinosaurs, bothcarnivores and herbivores. And thanks to the bone remains of a herbivoredinosaur found in Lañu, a new species has been identified: LirainosauriusAstibiae. We’ll learn more about the era in which those dinosaurs lived.

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.

 

Andres Urdaneta was one of the greatest seafarers of his time. To mark the 500th anniversary of his birth in Ordizia, then Villafranca, this documentary shows him in his facet as a navigator and explorer. Ahead of its time thanks to the knowledge he acquired in his youth, he eventually became a figure much sought after by the courts of emperors and kings of his day.