Oiartzun
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Oiartzun is a town located in the province of Guipúzcoa, in the Basque Country (Euskadi).
The name traces back to the Oiasso or Oiarso of the Roman period, an important town dedicated to mining and marine activities. However, it has been pinpointed actually in the current border town of Irun, so the name may have referred to the whole area.
Alfonso VIII of Castile chartered it as town but it took some decades before its independence from Orereta was total.
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- Roman Museum of Oiasso (Basque, Spanish and French)
- Town Hall official site (Basque and Spanish)
- Guispuscoa Government site: Oiartzun (Basque and Spanish)
- OIARTZUN in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) Information available in Spanish
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