Oteo

History

The village of Oteo was created as a pass to control the people and goods that circulated between the valleys of Arana and Campezo. the valleys of Arana and Campezo, although there are remains from the prehistoric era: in the Cavern of Arratiandi, between Atauri and Arratiandi, between Atauri and Oteo, sediments have been found with remains from the Eneolithic period, as well as human bones. human bones.
In the Fueros granted to the town of Antoñana by the King of Navarre, Sancho el Sabio, in 1182, it is stated that that Oteo is within the territory of the town.
In the Royal Decree of 5 February 1256, by which Alfonso X the Wise grants privileges to Santa Cruz de Campezo, the place name “Angosto de Oteyo” is recorded when delimiting its boundaries. On This place of “Oteyo” was later to be the site of the town of Oteo.
Don Enrique de Trastámara granted the town to the Rojas lineage. He later gave it as a gift to to his daughter Doña María, when she married Don Álvaro de Mendoza y Guzmán, and it became part of the Mendoza family. belonging to the house of the Mendoza family, Counts of Orgaz.
In January 1678, its inhabitants bought the town from Don Carlos II and proclaimed it “villa de por sí y sobre sí”. on its own”, retaining its own autonomy until it was added to the town council of Campezo.

The Village

Oteo is located between the valleys of Arana and Campezo, on the slopes of one of the mountains that surround the town. surrounding the town. Its hamlet is scattered along this hillside, with its houses separated from each other. The coats of arms on the historical past are the coats of arms on the façades, the doors with semicircular arches and the Gothic windows, such as that of the Gothic windows, such as that of the Ruiz de Alda family.
Hanging over a ravine is the parish church dedicated to San Manés, the only one in the province dedicated to this saint. province dedicated to this saint.
It has a cultural centre in the old schools, and next to it is the pelota court.
At the top, with splendid views, is the hermitage of San Juan. On the hill, in its highest part, stands the hermitage of San Juan. The chapel dedicated to San Cristóbal, recently restored, stands on the highest part of the hill.
On the road leading to Antoñana, between crags and next to a beautiful waterfall, there is a flour mill dating from 1736, one of the most beautiful in the Montaña Alavesa.

Credit by Ayuntamiento de Campezo

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What to see

Kanpezu is surrounded by a unique natural environment where you will be able to enjoy a wide range of plans surrounded by nature. We recommend the following places:

The Ignatian Way

It retraces the route that Ignatius of Loyola, as a knight, travelled in 1522 from Loyola to Manresa.

Antoñana

Since prehistoric times, the village of Antoñana has been inhabited by nomads who raised livestock breeding.

Orbiso

Due to its location as a transit area between Navarre and Alava-Araba and its proximity to the Ega.

Izki Natural park

Izki was declared a Natural Park in 1998. In its 9,143 hectares it contains an enormous diversity of landscapes, being the third largest park in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.

Bujanda

A very ancient village. It appears in several documents under the name of Buszanda in 1071 and as Buxanda in the Cuaderno de Ordenanzas de Álava, 1742.

Oteo

The village of Oteo was created as a pass to control the people and goods that circulated between the valleys of Arana and Campezo. the valleys of Arana and Campezo, although there are remains from the prehistoric era: in the Cavern of Arratiandi, between Atauri and Arratiandi, between Atauri and Oteo, sediments have been found with remains from the Eneolithic period, as well as human bones. human bones.