Lenbur Foundation / Fundación Lenbur / Lenbur Fundazioa
- Cultural Route
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- Iron Route in the Pyrenees
- European Route of Industrial Heritage
- Country
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- Spain
- Member Category
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- Cultural Institution / NGO
- Museum
- Heritage Site
- Member Status
- Individual
- Year of Accession to Membership
- 2003 [Iron Route in the Pyrenees]
- Contact Details
- Bikuña Enea Enparantza Plaza, 16
ES-20230 Legazpi
Tel: +34 943 73 04 28
Website: www.lenbur.com
Email: mirandaola[at]lenbur.com
- Contact Person
- Aurelio GONZÁLEZ
- Main Town/Region
- Legazpi (Gipuzkoa, Basque Country)
- Site Town/Region
- Legazpi (Gipuzkoa, Basque Country)
- Main GPS Location
- 43.049203, -2.335715
- Site GPS Location
- 43.035450, -2.338588 / 43.036768, -2.337054
- UNESCO World Heritage List
- N/D
- European Heritage Label
- N/D
- Other Heritage Labels
- N/D
- Description
- Lenbur Foundation was established (1997) with the main objective of enhancing the natural of cultural heritage related to the iron industry as a symbol of cultural identity.
The Foundation launched the cultural tourism offer called “El Valle del Hierro. Legazpi”. The Foundation manages a total of 17 projects, among which the Forge of Mirandaola (Ferrería de Mirandaola), a living history museum, and the Museum of Basque Iron (Museo del Hierro Vasco).
The trust runs several museums whose principal permanent exhibition is the Basque Iron Museum (Museo del Hierro Vasco) housed in a former iron foundry in Legazpi, where the history of iron is interpreted in technological, ecological and social contexts. The museum is also the starting point for several trails in the Iron Valley which guide visitors to the monuments associated with ironworking (such as the Ironworks of Mirandaola / Ferrería de Mirandaola).
- Logos/Pictures
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Destek ile:
Abbaye de Neumünster, Lüksemburg
