Bergara (; ) is a town and
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
located in the province of
Gipuzkoa
Gipuzkoa ( , ; ; ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiqu ...
, in the autonomous community of
Basque Country, in the north of
Spain
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.
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
Tungsten (also called wolfram) is a chemical element; it has symbol W and atomic number 74. It is a metal found naturally on Earth almost exclusively in compounds with other elements. It was identified as a distinct element in 1781 and first ...
.
[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.]
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
External links
Official Website Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)
Municipalities in Gipuzkoa
Debagoiena
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