{"id":22342,"date":"2017-05-15T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/?p=22342"},"modified":"2020-05-15T12:59:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T10:59:36","slug":"real-fabrica-armas-orbaiceta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/real-fabrica-armas-orbaiceta\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Arms Factory of Orbaiceta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A jewel of peninsular industrial archaeology remains in ruins in the Aezekoa valley, five kilometres from the border with France: the Royal Arms and Munitions Factory of Orbaizeta.<\/p><p>With a short existence of barely a century, it was built on the site of the old ironworks on Mount Aezekoa. The presence of iron mines, the wealth of timber and the site's water courses led to its settlement.<\/p><p>The ruins were declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 2007. Although they are under a blanket of plant moss and covered with vegetation, they await restoration work as an important example of 18th century industrial archaeology.<\/p><p>Visitors are also advised to take great care when visiting the site, due to the ruinous state of the buildings that still remain.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Index<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Contents\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/real-fabrica-armas-orbaiceta\/#Un_poco_de_historia\" title=\"A bit of history\">A bit of history<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/real-fabrica-armas-orbaiceta\/#La_fabrica\" title=\"The factory\">The factory<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/real-fabrica-armas-orbaiceta\/#Las_ruinas\" title=\"The ruins\">The ruins<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Un_poco_de_historia\"><\/span>A bit of history<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><p>Its location so close to border areas made the factory the object of constant looting and fires, until it was finally suppressed in the 19th century. In its day it was the main industrial centre in the north of Spain, hidden in the Irati Forest.<\/p><p>After the forests of the Eugi arms factory were exhausted, Charles III decided to build a new one to provide armaments and ammunition for the wars in which the Crown was involved.<\/p><p>Erected in 1784, it produced ammunition and cannon for several decades. By the mid-19th century it began to produce iron. In 1869 it suffered a fire and ended up closing in 1884 due to the rise of the Altos Hornos.<\/p><p>In its heyday, more than 150 workers and their families lived in this factory, where some 3,600 pumps were manufactured every year. It was built under the influence of French Encyclopaedism, with a modern vision in which the health and daily life of the workers took centre stage.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"La_fabrica\"><\/span>The factory<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><p>Although the useful life of the factory did not last long, its military importance is reflected in the list of the protagonists who lived there. This is the case of Generals Morillo and Reille, Espoz y Mina and Zumalac\u00e1rregui.<\/p><p>Later, it was attended by illustrious visitors such as Valle Incl\u00e1n, Hemingway and the photographers Echag\u00fce and Sta M. del Villar.<\/p><p>The factory complex had three levels. These included the factory itself, the village, the church and the dwellings. It also had an ingenious system of aerial platforms connecting the coal bunkers and mineral stores with the furnaces.<\/p><p>The factors that influenced the closure of this impressive factory complex were, in principle, the constant looting. But also its isolation, which made the raw materials necessary for subsistence more expensive, was a factor that worked against it.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Las_ruinas\"><\/span>The ruins<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><p>Years of neglect allowed the buildings to succumb to the ruins that can be seen today. The ovens and the imposing channelling of the Lagartza river can still be seen, but a major restoration is required, and a project is underway.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A jewel of peninsular industrial archaeology","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-22342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pirineos","post_format-post-format-image"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cc-F\u00e1brica_de_Armas_Orbaizeta_6_By-josemi-merino-torrens-Own-work-CC-BY-SA-4.0-httpscreativecommons.orglicensesby-sa4.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Caratula-Podcast-Maldita-Montana_1500x1500_72pp-p_.jpg","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/feed\/podcast\/maldita-montana","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0vxuM2lXHa\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/real-fabrica-armas-orbaiceta\/\">Real F\u00e1brica de Armas de Orbaiceta<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/real-fabrica-armas-orbaiceta\/embed\/#?secret=0vxuM2lXHa\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Real F\u00e1brica de Armas de Orbaiceta&#8221; &#8212; Traves\u00eda.\" data-secret=\"0vxuM2lXHa\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n"},"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":5,"label":"Pirineos"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cc-F\u00e1brica_de_Armas_Orbaizeta_6_By-josemi-merino-torrens-Own-work-CC-BY-SA-4.0-httpscreativecommons.orglicensesby-sa4-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Traves\u00eda Pirenaica","author_link":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/author\/travesia-pirenaica\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":5,"name":"Pirineos","slug":"pirineos","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":242,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":5,"category_count":242,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Pirineos","category_nicename":"pirineos","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22342"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=22342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}