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Olazagutia (OLAZAGOITIA)

Navarre

Continuing a bit with the pamphlets or small articles on cities, towns or village of Navarra and postal history, today it is a Olazagutia.

The name comes from OLA GOITI ZAR (large hut on a hill) which gives Olazagutia-Olazti contraction. In the cave of Koskobilo were found remains of Cro-Magnon Man, 40,000 years ago, a local development which gave rise to the Basque race, about 7,000 years ago who developed their own language, Euskera. After leaving olaztiarras ancient caves built a cabin community (Olazabal) on high (Goitia) of Mendiarbi, which gave the town its name. The Romans built a contiguous population Angostina call (narrow passage) between the north side of the river Burunda Mendiarbi and whose remains were destroyed to build the railway in 1860 and now the highway. Up to 1200 belonged to Guipuzkoa Burunda and this year was occupied by King Sancho VII of Navarre in compensation for lands that guipuzkoanos Navarre, and under the reign of Castilla, occupied between the mouths of rivers Oria and Bidasoa. Then he built the castle fortress Olazti that the present church to defend against attacks of the Spaniards. In 1512 the English troops entered by Ziordia to Pamplona and illegally annexed the kingdom of Navarre. In 1860 the people of the Burunda were broken joint local government and each created its own town hall.



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mail from the organization in 1717, received mail from Pamplona to the creation of a post office in 1830 in Echarri Aranaz, where it became dependent. The situation remains until the creation of a Cartería Alsasua in 1840. In 1855 and received deposits of Echarri Aranaz, until it descends from category 1862.



Letter circulated from OLAZAGOITIA to MADRID, December 18, 1864. Postmark
dater "Scatter" of the Northern line between Madrid and France, Irun.

Based on the writings of Luis Maria Marin, in his books already mentioned in 1862 establishing Estafeta Olazagutía. With the merger of the Northern Railway to the region, linking Olazagutía (Navarra) to Miranda de Ebro (Burgos), whose opening of that section was the April 13, 1862. Motivated by this fact, close the post offices Aranaz Echarri, creating of Olazagutía, whose manager was assigned a salary of 4,000 reales annually, plus 1,500 for house rent.

Motivated by the demotion of Aranaz Echarri, people who gathered before the correspondence is, from now on will do Olazagutía, as were Ciordia or Bacaicoa. The year 1862 was important for the province and Navarra, as they were created more than 19 other mail rooms.