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  • What to visit?
  • - Chillida's museum
    - Acuarium
    - Cathedral Good Shepherd
    - Urgul mount
    - San Telmo Museum
     
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  • Urgul mount

    The totality of the mount is a park of public use and declared pedestrian zone with diverse tours and paths that offer to the visitor splendid conference, quiet, I contact with the nature and an endless number of attractions.

    His(Her,Your) origin like fortification goes back to the 11th century but his(her,your) constructions for the most part date back of the XVIth to XVIIth century(on XVIIth centuries). The town hall acquired to the department of the war the mount On August 24, 1921.

    The lowest part, to which one accedes from the zone of the Aquarium or from the port, gives to so called " Walk of the Priests ", place of agreeable walk that already aims a few interesting at conference. Following(continuing) the way and the indications we will come to the first strengthened points; the viewing-point, the battery of the ladies, that of Santa Clara, etc...

    An agreeable walk that surrounds the mountain to half a height will lead us to the cemetery of the english men, a bucolic place that he(she) remembers(reminds) to the English officials who fell down with the army allied in the war of the independence.

    If if we continue ascending we will come to the high part of the castle " The Macho " where we can visit the Museum, the chapel of the Christ of the Speck and walk along the environment with the safety of which the sights are precious(beautiful).

    On the castle there gets up the figure of the Sacred Heart realized in armed cement and with a height of 12,5 m on the base of 16m.

    It was constructed between(among) 1948-1950 and it is A Federico Coullaut-Valera's work. It was inaugurated On November 15, 1950 and was realized by popular subscription by municipal support. In his(her,your) surroundings we can attend a bust in Honoring to Pedro Arana Aizpurua, councilman Donostiarra, realized in bronze on a base of granite it(he,she) acts of Eduardo Chillida (1948). 
    Services: 
    Bar in the high battery of Santa Clara (summer), room of temporary exhibitions (closed in winter), services, chapels, sources(fountains), banks, informative cartels, services of summer animation (battery of the Ladies and polvorín of the battery of the Governor).

             

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