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Bernedo
Sign in to saveBernedo is a town and municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. The town of Bernedo is considered the capital of the municipality, which consists of several towns. Over the years, the municipality of Bernedo has absorbed other, smaller municipalities, which have ceased to exist.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bernedo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Bernedoko_kale_bat.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Street of the town of Bernedo, capital of the homonymous municipality
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo_de_Bernedo.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Spain
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- Autonomous community
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Basque Country
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- Álava
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Ayuntamiento de Bernedo · Bernedoko Udala
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Towns
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- External links
Bernedo is a town and municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. The town of Bernedo is considered the capital of the municipality, which consists of several towns. Over the years, the municipality of Bernedo has absorbed other, smaller municipalities, which have ceased to exist.
== History == The name Bernedo appeared as early as 1025 in documentation of the region of San Millán de la Cogolla. During the Middle Ages, Bernedo was a walled fortress with castle and tower. The King of Navarre, Sancho the Wise, granted charter rights for the town in the year 1182. For three centuries it was part of the Kingdom of Navarre.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bernedo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
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