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Tellamendi, also referred to as Belamendi, is a mountain situated in the Basque Mountains in the Álava province of Basque Country in Spain. It has an altitude of 834 metres (2,736 ft), though this has been disputed and also claimed to be 827 metres (2,713 ft).[2] It is situated at the base of Anboto (1331 m) as part of the grassy mountain range towards the south-west that comes off Zabalaundi (895 m).[1] The range shifts direction after reaching Tellamendi to the north towards Besaide.

Tellamendi
Belamendi
Highest point
Elevation827 m (2,713 ft)[1]
Prominence112 m (367 ft)[1]
Coordinates43°04′05.0″N 2°33′32.9″W
Geography
Tellamendi
Spain
LocationÁlava, Basque Country, Spain
CountrySpain
ProvinceÁlava
Parent rangeBasque Mountains

Cross


The top of Tellamendi is adorned by a large cross easily visible from the town of Aramaio and the surrounding area.[1] The original cross was constructed over the course of a few months starting on July 31, 1935.[1] Upon its completion, it was transported with the help of oxen from nearby farmhouses and raised at the top of the mountain on September 15, 1935. The cross was inscribed with the following Basque passage:

Belamendiko gurutz deuna
Aretxabaleta'n egin
eta Aramayotarak jasorikua
zabalzu egizu ibar onetan
gizarte pakea eta zoriona

The Holy Cross of Belamendi
Made in Aretxabaleta
and received by the Aramaeans
spread it in good valleys
social peace and happiness

—Cross of Tellamendi, 1935[1]

The cross avoided any significant damage for 50 years and was largely unscathed by the Spanish Civil War and the Spanish Republic, though sometime between the raising of the cross and 1937 the inscription was damaged.[1] This changed when the Spanish Civil Guard was called in on January 1, 1977 to handle the disposal of a 4 kg dynamite explosive placed next to a Basque flag. It was determined that the device could not be disarmed safely, and so was intentionally detonated. The detonation completely ruined the cross, which upset many of the people of Aramaio who were proud of the cross and all that it survived. They staged demonstrations demanding the reconstruction of the cross.[1] On March 15, 1977, a second cross was erected upon the ruins of the first with an additional inscription plate, added adjacent to the recovered inscription of the first, reading:

Lurgorrik jaso nindun
lerkariak irauli
berriz zutik nauzute
esker herriari
mendi tontor honetan
guztion zaindari

The landslide that picked me up
turned me
upside down again
thanks to the people
on this mountain top
guardian of all

—Cross of Tellamendi, 1977[1]

References


  1. Urrutia, Javier (2001-01-01). "Tellamendi (834 m)". Mendikat (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  2. Goñi, María Fernanda Sánchez (1993). De La Taphonomie Pollinique a la Reconstitution de L'Environment (in Spanish). British Archaeological Reports. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-86054-745-7. Retrieved 25 July 2011.

На других языках


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[es] Tellamendi

El Tellamendi o Belamendi es una montaña de 835 metros de altitud perteneciente a los Montes Vascos. Está situado entre Álava y Vizcaya en el País Vasco (España).

[fr] Tellamendi

Le Tellamendi ou Belamendi est un sommet culminant à 834 mètres d'altitude dans le massif d'Arangio, appartenant aux Montagnes basques. Il se situe entre l'Alava et la Biscaye au Pays basque (Espagne).



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