Zurbano

Village in Álava, Spain

Concejo in Basque Country, Spain

42°52′N 2°37′W / 42.87°N 2.62°W / 42.87; -2.62CountrySpainAutonomous communityBasque CountryProvinceÁlavaComarcaGorbeialdeaMunicipalityArratzua-UbarrundiaArea

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• Total4.77 km² (1.84 sq mi)Population

(2023)^[2]

• Total277 • Density58/km² (150/sq mi)Postal code

01520

Zurbano (Spanish pronunciation: [θuɾˈβano]) or Zurbao (Basque pronunciation: [s̻urβao]) is a village and concejo in the municipality of Arratzua-Ubarrundia, Álava, Basque Country, Spain. It lies on the northeastern rural outskirts of Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Landmarks

Zurbano is notable for having numerous palaces dating from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Of them, the Zurbano Palace [es] is listed as a Bien de Interés Cultural. The other palaces are the Ortiz de Zárate Palace, the Otazu Palace [es] and the Otalora-Guevara Palace [es], which was restored in 2023.^[3]^[4] The parish church, dedicated to Saint Stephen, dates from the fifteenth century.^[5]

References

^ "Divisiones Administrativas SHP Líneas". GeoAraba. Diputación Foral de Álava. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ "Nomenclátor: Núcleos". Entidades Locales de Álava (in Spanish). Diputación Foral de Álava. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ López de Pariza, Sara (9 June 2023). "El palacio de Álava premiado en Madrid por su rehabilitación". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ Aguilo, María Paz (1976). Bibliografía del arte en España. CSIC. p. 158. ISBN 978-84-00-03626-3. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
^ Álava pueblo a pueblo (in Spanish). Diputación Foral de Álava. p. 159.