This summarizes the text that appears in the Plaza Euskal Pizkundea de Tolosa the objectives of the movement of the same name: “Prestigious the Basque. Laying the foundations for the teaching of Euskera. Dignify the oral literature. Launch written literature on the trail of new paths and make some common sense. Energize the theater. Create and stimulate the press. Renew dance, on a journey with modern dance. Promote music by currents of the time and investigate, take advantage of and make known traditional music. Connect the plastic arts with the avant-garde, connect the artistic disciplines... In the first decades of the twentieth century, the men and women of the Renaissance made the most effective living cultural movement known to the Basque Country.” The Basque Renaissance is the name of the place that defines the Oria River, the Aramburu Palace, the Church of
Santa Maria and the Rincón de Tolosa, delimited by the Molino. You can also see the list of members of the movement. And we started and ended up in that corner with a circular tour of nine kilometers. We will start the uphill tour, once in Zerkausia and Triangulo square. It passes over the tracks of the train and the hill rises sharply, for the villages of the Monteskue district. Before reaching the height of the Malaka farmhouse, we will have the bellows accelerated and Tolosa well below, scattered on both sides of the Oria River. As we gain height, the landscape will expand, and the Uzturre on the other side of the valley will attract our attention if we look back. Otsabio, Buruntza, Belkoain, Adarra, Jaizkibel and more distant cities will also be present.

Earrings from Ernio

We will quickly reach the point where the classic path to the highest peaks of the massif of Ernio and the path to Urkizu are separated. A good opportunity to lengthen the tour is to go up and down to Ernio, although it is good to note that there is a big leap for the kilometer: about twenty kilometers instead of nine. The rise to Ernio, on the other hand, will require us to overcome a greater gap: We border the high of Olamuño on the right, where there is a huge antenna, and we reach the impressive site of Lizarbakarra, at the foot of Erniozabal. The first option is to go directly to Ernio, leaving behind the collado of Basagainzulota; the other is to follow the path that rises to Erniozabal and crosses the ridge, passing through the summits of Ubeltz and Aizpel. Beautiful options to climb to this one of the most visited and beloved mountains of Gipuzkoa.

In the memory of Lizardi

Whether or not to go up to Ernio, the march asks us to get back on the road to Urkizu. We will return to Olamuño and we will go down easily, following the white paint marks, passing by the Gorostizu Goikoa farmhouse, which dominates the Urkizu hull. This farmhouse has a beautiful enclosure on the porch that defines the historic road in a magnificent way.
Once you arrive at Urkizu, you will only have to complete the last section of the tour, to do so, we turn left and follow the path that leads to the Eguzkitza Manor, and following the depression by a beautiful horizontal road as watchtower, we will slowly descend, with the intention of knowing the corner that Lizardi loved so much. The famous poet often traversed these sites, as a monument erected in his memory. Recalling the poems of one of the most significant members of the Euskal Pizkundea movement, we have returned to the center of Tolosa with the feeling of having made a wonderful tour, through the winding roads that link the dwellings of the San Esteban neighborhood. Coming back to the plaza of the Basque Renaissance, we will be able to enjoy a selection of bertsos from Lizardi. The final verse of the series masterfully summarizes the Euskal Pizkundea movement: “Do with me/ via the homeland/ let us gather the flower of nun-nai/ asaben/ and thicken from today/ our kitchen/ who am I? Right?/ Basque Renaissance!”