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Donostia-San Sebastián
Bahía de La Concha (La Concha Bay)
Bahía de La Concha (La Concha Bay)
Flag of Donostia-San Sebastián
Flag		 Coat of arms of Donostia-San Sebastián
Coat of arms
Nickname: San-Se, La Bella Easo[1]
Motto: «Por fidelidad, nobleza y lealtad ganadas
(Spanish for "Won by fidelity, nobility and loyalty")
Location in Spain, in the province of Guipúzcoa
Location in Spain, in the province of Guipúzcoa
Coordinates: 43°19′17″N 1°59′8″W / 43.32139, -1.98556
Country Spain
Autonomous community Autonomous Comunity of the Basque Contry
Province Guipúzcoa
Neighbourhoods 21
Founded 1180
Government
 - Mayor Odón Elorza (PSOE)
Area
 - Land 60. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Guipúzcoa ( Spanish) or Gipuzkoa ( Basque and official is a province of the Basque Country, in Spain. In Political geography and International politics, a country is a Political division of a geographical entity Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. An autonomous community is a first-level political division of the Kingdom of Spain, established in accordance with the Spanish Constitution. The Basque Country ( Basque Euskadi, Spanish País Vasco) is an autonomous community in northern Spain. In addition to its autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty Provinces. Guipúzcoa ( Spanish) or Gipuzkoa ( Basque and official is a province of the Basque Country, in Spain. A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised Community within a larger City, Town or Alcalde () or Alcalde ordinario, is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate who had both Judicial and administrative functions The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, commonly abbreviated by its Spanish initials PSOE ( P artido S ocialista O brero E spañol is Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 89 km² (23. 5 sq mi)
Elevation 6 m (20 ft)
Population (2006)
 - Total 183,308
 - Density 3,010. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 48/km² (7,797. 1/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 20001-20018
Area code(s) 34 (Spain) + 943 (Guipuscoa)
Website: www.sansebastian.org (Spanish)
La Concha's bay
La Concha's bay
Gipuzkoa Square
Gipuzkoa Square
Kursaal bridge
Kursaal bridge
See also San Sebastian (disambiguation)

Donostia-San Sebastián (Basque: Donostia, Spanish: San Sebastián, known officially as Donostia-San Sebastián; is the capital city of the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country, Spain, and locals call themselves donostiarras, both in Basque and Spanish. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time A postal code (known in various countries as a post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Basque ( native name: euskara) is the Language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain In addition to its autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty Provinces. Guipúzcoa ( Spanish) or Gipuzkoa ( Basque and official is a province of the Basque Country, in Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its population is 183,090 (2007estimate), and its metropolitan area's population is 405. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. San Sebastian metropolitan area is an area in the province of Gipuzkoa ( Spain) which extends into France. 099.

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Geography

The city is in the north of the Basque Country, on the southern coast of the Bay of Biscay. Cantabrian Sea redirects here Not to be confused with Biscay Bay Newfoundland and Labrador or Biscayne Bay. San Sebastián's picturesque coastline makes it a popular beach resort. Adding to the seaside environment, it benefits from hilly surroundings easily available, ie Urgull (at the heart of the city by the seashore), romantic Ulia extending east to Pasaia, mount Adarra rising proud far on the south and Igeldo, overlooking the bay from the west. Pasaia ( Spanish: Pasajes is a town and Municipality located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, Adarra (arguably stemming from "Adarraga" is a mountain south of the city of San Sebastian in the Basque Country much appreciated and popular with

The city sits at the mouth of the river Urumea, Donostia having built to a large extent over wetlands of the river during the last couple of centuries, with the city´s downtown and the areas of Amara Berri and Riberas de Loiola lying on such terrain and the former bed of the river diverted to its current canalized course (first half of the XXth century). The Urumea (arguably stemming from Basque "ur" 'water' + "me(hea" 'thin' IPA or) is a river in the Basque Country at the north of the

History

Recreation

Donostia-San Sebastián is the home city of the football (soccer) club Real Sociedad, who have recently been demoted to the La Liga Second División after 40 years in the Spanish top flight. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Real Sociedad de Fútbol (more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad) is a Spanish football club from the Basque city of San Sebastián/Donostia The city's Anoeta Stadium also hosts rugby union matches featuring Biarritz Olympique. Estadio Anoeta is a multi-use Stadium in Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain. Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque (also known as Biarritz Olympique and abbreviated as BOPB) is a French professional Rugby union team based in Each summer the city is host to the well known bicycle race, the one-day Clásica de San Sebastián. The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa - Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián (San Sebastián Classic is a cycle race that has been held every summer since 1981 in Spain

Culture

Jazz Festival

The longest, continuously running Jazz Festival in Europe happens the last week of July and features the top musicians from around the world. The 43rd edition will take place July 22-27, 2008. San Sebastian Jazz Festival

San Sebastián International Film Festival

The most important Spanish international film festival and one of the most important film festivals in Europe is held in this city, the San Sebastián International Film Festival. A film festival is the presentation or showcasing of Films in one or more Movie theaters or screening venues The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category Film festival which originated in 1953 and is held in the Spanish city of

Popular celebrations

Aerial view of Donostia - San Sebastián
Aerial view of Donostia - San Sebastián

Every year on 20 January (the feast of Saint Sebastian), the people of San Sebastián celebrate a festival known as the "Tamborrada". Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Saint Sebastian (traditionally died January 20, 287 was a Christian Saint and Martyr, who is said to have been killed while the Roman emperor

At midnight, in the Konstituzioa plaza in the "Alde Zaharra/Parte Vieja" (old city), the mayor raises the flag of San Sebastián (see in the infobox). For 24 hours, the entire city is awash with the sound of drums. The adults, dressed as cooks and soldiers, march around the city. They march all night with their cook hats and white aprons with the March of San Sebastián.

The origin of this custom is said to be that Spanish tradesmen, including cooks, mocked the occupying French army during the Napoleonic wars, by aping their daily procession from Monte Urgull to the water-pump at San Telmo. Later, the procession was developed when Vicente "Txiki" Buenechea donated barrels to be used as drums for the procession.

Adults usually have dinner in sociedades gastronómicas ("gourmet clubs"), which provide elements of the procession, and which traditionally admitted only males. Nowadays, even the strictest ones allow women on the "Noche de la Tamborrada".

They eat sophisticated meals cooked by themselves, mostly composed of seafood (traditionally elver, now no longer served due to its exorbitant price) and drink the best wines. True eels ( Anguilliformes) are an order of Fish, which consists of four suborders 19 families 110 Genera and approximately 600 For "Donostiarras" this is the most celebrated festival of the year.

After hearing drums all night, children wake up with a version of the Tamborrada for kids. Children dress traditionally as soldiers and march around the city. Children from all the schools of San Sebastián march that day. They have their specific costumes which usually represent a particular country (England, Germany, Romania, etc. )

A festival called Semana Grande in Spanish and Aste Nagusia in Basque ("Big/Main Week") is held every year in August. There is a fireworks competition - every night there is a fireworks presentation over the bay and, at the end, a winner is declared.

San Sebastián is known for its Basque cuisine and pintxos (tapas) and restaurant district near the port. For the spritual concept see Tapas (Sanskrit; for the Spanish film see Tapas (film.

Twin Cities

Miramar Palace, built in 1894
Miramar Palace, built in 1894

Notes

  1. ^ The nickname of la bella Easo ("beautiful Easo") comes from a 19th-century identification of the town as the Roman port of Oiasso. Daira de Bojador (دائرة بوجادور (variously transliterated dā'ira of Boujdour) is a refugee camp in the Sahara desert, more specifically in Western Sahara ( Arabic: الصحراء الغربية; transliterated: as-Ṣaḥrā' al-Gharbīyah; Sahara Occidental is a territory is a city located in Kagawa, Japan. Geography As of 2008 the city had an estimated Population of 110550 and the density For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Plymouth ( is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England about south west of London. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Trento (traditional English Trent; Italian: Trento; German: Trient; Latin: Tridentum; Note that many Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Wiesbaden, a city in southwest Germany, is the capital of the state of Hesse. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Oiartzun is a town located in the province of Guipúzcoa, in the Basque Country ( Euskadi) Other locations seem now more probable.
  2. ^ Hugh Thomas, Spanish Civil War, (2001), p. Hugh Thomas Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (born October 21, 1931 in Windsor) is a British Historian. 226
  3. ^ Hugh Thomas, (2001), p. 397.

External links

The Cathedral
The Cathedral

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