Bergara
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Bergara | |
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| Bergara main square Bergara main square | |
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Coat of arms of Bergara Coat of arms | |
Location of within the Basque Country Location within Spain | |
| Coordinates: 43°07′03″N 2°24′48″W / 43.11750°N 2.41333°W | |
| Country | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain |
| Autonomous community | File:Flag of the Basque Country.svg Basque Country |
| Province | Gipuzkoa |
| Eskualdea | Debagoiena |
| Founded | 1268 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Elena Lete García (PNV) |
| Area | |
• Total | 75.97 km2 (29.33 sq mi) |
| Population ()[1] | |
| Demonym(s) | Basque: bergarar Spanish: vergarés, vergaresa |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 20570 20578–20580 |
| Official language(s) | Basque Spanish |
| Website | Official website |
Bergara (Basque pronunciation: [berɣaɾa]; Spanish: Vergara) is a town and municipality located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the north of Spain. An Enlightened center of education operated by the Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País ("Royal Basque Society of Friends of the Country"), it was the place where brothers Juan José and Fausto Elhuyar discovered Tungsten .[2] During the Carlist Wars, it operated as the capital and royal court of the Carlists. It was there where the agreement symbolized in the Vergara Embrace between Rafael Maroto and Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara ended one of the period wars.
References
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{{citation}}: Empty citation (help) - ↑ A Chemical Analysis of Wolfram and Examination of a New Metal, which enters into its Composition, By Don John Joseph and Don Fausto de Luyart, Translated from the Spanish by Charles Cullen, Esc. To which is prefixed A Translation of Mr. Scheele's Analysis of the Tungsten, or Heavy Stone; with Mr. Bergman's Supplemental Remarks, London, 1785, 67 pp.
External links
- Official Website Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Basque and Spanish)
- Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Basque and Spanish)
- Laboratorium Bergara - European Physical Society Historic Site
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