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Gorrondatxe Beach, Askorri, Getxo, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Gorrondatxe Beach, Askorri, Getxo, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Getxo
How work, access and surfing shaped Getxo.
Scroll to follow the shoreline through time
Getxo (Spanish: Guecho) is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in Spain.
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2014
Work at the water’s edge
From July 25 to 27, Saint Anne, in Santa Ana Around July 31 (from July 30 to August 2 in 2014), Saint Ignatius of Loyola, in Algorta From August 6 to 10, in Romo / Itzubaltzeta From August 12 to 17, in the Old Port of Algorta.
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1924
The shore becomes reachable
Since 1924, the Circuito de Getxo (Getxo Circuit), a single-day road bicycle race, is held annually in July.
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La baie de Saint de Luz de nuit
La baie de Saint de Luz de nuit. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- La baie de Saint de Luz de nuit
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
ORGANISED SPORT
Surfing reads the same coast differently
Getxo is part of PeakWave's surfing catalogue.
The local record used here does not support a single founding date for the sport, so the exhibition treats its sporting identity as an accumulation of use, access and organisation.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Getxo is recorded at 43.348° N, 3.014° W. A surf map fixes a name to one stretch of moving water, but the place changes with tide, swell direction, wind and the shape of the seabed.
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Open ledger · AOD.EU.GETXO.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.GETXO.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.GETXO.V00
2021 02 20 Gorrondatxe Askorri anfibio
Gorrondatxe Beach, Askorri, Getxo, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Gorrondatxe Beach, Askorri, Getxo, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
TODAY
Getxo now
The neighborhood of Algorta is the district of largest population of Getxo.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
2021 02 20 Gorrondatxe Askorri anfibio
AOD.EU.GETXO.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
La baie de Saint de Luz de nuit
AOD.EU.GETXO.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Getxo overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.