Open ledger · AOD.EU.ZARAUTZ.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.ZARAUTZ.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.ZARAUTZ.V00
Beach of Zarautz - Basque country - Spain - panoramio
Beach of Zarautz - 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
- Beach of Zarautz - Basque country - Spain
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Zarautz
How work, access and surfing shaped Zarautz.
Scroll to follow the shoreline through time
Zarautz (Basque: , Spanish: Zarauz) is a coastal town located in central Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, in Spain.
Sources for this chapter
1237
Work at the water’s edge
1237: The site is founded as a town and its Navarrese charters confirmed by king Fernando III of Castile.
Sources for this chapter
ACCESS CHANGES
The shore becomes reachable
Zarautz is connected to the European road network and to the rest of Spain by the A8 motorway.
Sources for this chapter
Open ledger · AOD.EU.ZARAUTZ.V01 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.ZARAUTZ.V01
Ledger AOD.EU.ZARAUTZ.V01
Good Surf Mama
500px provided description: Good Surf Mama. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- 500px provided description: Good Surf Mama
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
ORGANISED SPORT
Surfing reads the same coast differently
The town is a great place to learn how to surf and has been home to many of Spain's Champion surfers.
Sources for this chapter
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Zarautz is recorded at 43.284° N, 2.171° 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.
Sources for this chapter
Open ledger · AOD.EU.ZARAUTZ.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.ZARAUTZ.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.ZARAUTZ.V00
Beach of Zarautz - Basque country - Spain - panoramio
Beach of Zarautz - 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
- Beach of Zarautz - Basque country - Spain
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
TODAY
Zarautz now
During the 1970s and 1980s, Zarautz became a more affordable destination, and is now perhaps best known for its surfing and water sports.
Sources for this chapter
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.
Sources for this chapter
Artefacts in order of appearance
Beach of Zarautz - Basque country - Spain - panoramio
AOD.EU.ZARAUTZ.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Good Surf Mama
AOD.EU.ZARAUTZ.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Zarautz overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.