Art & Culture
Cultural Heritage
The necropolis of Argiñeta is one of the main funeral monuments in Euskadi, because of the number and quality of its features and the remote chronology of some of them (7th-9th centuries).
This necropolis, formed by about 20 sepulchres and five steles, is located opposite to the hermitage of San Adrián, on the outskirts of Elorrio.
The monuments were built in the Upper Middle Ages in order to be used in the different neighbourhoods' necropolises (Mendraka, Miota, Berrio), but were grouped in their present location in the 19th century. Both sepulchres and steles were built in sandstone coming from Oiz Mountain's quarries.
Necropolis
