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Eibar

Geography > Europe > Spain > Basque Country > Guipúzcoa


Eibar is a city within the province of Guipúzcoa, in the Basque Country. The city was chartered by Alfonso XI of Castile in 1346. Its chief industry since the 16th century has been the manufacture of armaments, particularly finely engraved small arms.

Eibar was one of the first republican cities of Spain and it has the oldest unfinished Coliseum in the Basque Country.

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