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Shoemaking in Hazparne. Source: Pantxix Bidart.

When passing through the town of Hazparne, we cannot even imagine the abundant industrial environment that this town from the interior of Lapurdi experienced 70 years ago. The objective of the History Commission of Hazparne is to spread this lost heritage through the annual magazine Orkeia.

Although… disappeared? Not completely. Anyone walking through the town will appreciate the buildings that 80 years ago were used for this industrial aim and that gave it its reputation; buildings that, at the time, were shoe factories. The commission has listed twenty that were built throughout the 20th century and that disappeared in the decade of the 60s. Nowadays, these factories have been converted into public services, media libraries, public halls and collective housing.

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