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Sanctuary of Arantzazu
20567 Arantzazu Driving directions
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The sanctuary is perched at 800m altitude in a mountainous site where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to a shepherd in 1468. Like the façade towers, the large campanile standing above the buildings is covered in diamond point stone, a symbol of the hawthorn (arantzazu in Basque). The current building dates back to the mid-20C: inside, there is a statue of the Virgin Mary in the centre of a gigantic retable painted on wood by Lucio Muñoz and fine stained-glass windows by Xabier Alvarez de Eulate.

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  • From €50
    Hotel Sindika
    Very good 8.3
    174 m - Barrio Aranzazu, 11, 20560 Oñati
  • From €100
    Borda Aranzazu
    Suberb 9.2
    479 m - Barrio Aranzazu, 11, Oñati, 20560 Oñati
  • From €58
    Soraluze Hotela
    Fabulous 8.8
    4.9 Km - Uribarri Auzoa 16, 20568 Oñati

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