MEDIEVAL ROUTE

Here you can learn about religion - the mainstay of daily life in the middle Ages – and how it influenced the menus of the time. Lent, fasting,...they led to the need for creative culinary arts amongst the inhabitants of Biscay, and laid the bases for today's famous gastromonical traditions.

The Middle Ages was also famed for its trading, both on land and sea. The excellent timber to be found in Biscay became the raw material for local shipyards to fashion into the typical vessels of the time, galleys and sailing boats.

This information point is dedicated to what was known as the Wars of the Flags, where different lineages came together under the standard of the “oñacinos” of the House of Butron, or the “gamboinos” of the House of Múgica.

Discover the fascinating history of this truly social battle, which lasted up until the 10th century, and everything related to the tower-houses and castles of Biscay.

Here you will find information relating to the territorial organisation of Biscay during the Middle Ages: how a parish was formed, how a Township was recognised and the roles played by both in the representative assemblies of the Biscay Juntas Generales.

Few things tell us more about people than their taste in clothes. In the Middle Ages fashion became more flirtatious and important inventions emerged, such as the button. We learn here how people dressed for war and how they dressed for bed, and the age-old struggle between clothing and morality. Touching the uncovered hand of a Medieval lady would mean a fine of 15 pay packets!

This information point is dedicated to the Way of Saint James which crosses the lands of Uribe and influenced the inhabitants and their way of life. This route covers some of the same terrain as the “Ruta Juradera” (the “Swearing-In Route”), taken by the kings of Castille as Lords of Biscay.