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Route 6. Barbadun and Itsaslur: Iron, Water and Sea

6.b. Iron and Water: on the Banks of the Barbadun river

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The Iron Mountains Greenway is an old 28 km train route running nearly parallel to the Barbadun river, connecting Traslaviña and Gallarta.

Now a trail for cycling and walking, the route passes over gentle hills and through wide curves providing a level of comfort and ease throughout.

Over the course of the route, in this incredible landscape, you can visit a large number of old mining operations that will take you back to a time when in addition to transporting iron ore to the port and steel mills in Bilbao, its rails handled the regular flow of passenger trains.

Points of interest

  • Muñatones Castle

    Muñatones Castle

    The result of a long construction process, which spanned the 14th and 15th centuries, in the context of the War of the Bands, which devasted the Basque ...

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  • El Pobal forge

    El Pobal forge

    In the heart of the mining area of Bizkaia, on the banks of the Barbadún river, lies El Pobal Forge. In operation from the 16th century, it is a hydraulic ...

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  • Iron Mountains greenway

    Iron Mountains greenway

    The Iron Mountains Greenway is an old 28 km train route running nearly parallel to the Barbadun river, connecting Traslaviña and Gallarta.

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  • Classic and antique car museum Loizaga Tower

    Classic and antique car museum Loizaga Tower

    The castle of Concejuelo, known as Loizaga Tower, houses an exceptional collection of classic and antique cars considered unique in the world for having all ...

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  • Abellaneda Council House

    Abellaneda Council House

    The next stop is in neighbouring Sopuerta. The Abellaneda Council House, home to the Encartaciones Museum, which collects, analyses and shares the ...

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Iron and water

Barbadun ibaiaren industria-paisaia, Muskiz eta Galdames parean, industria- eta meatze-ondareen katalogo ikusgarria da. Ibaia eta ibaiadarrak protagonistak dira burdinazko mendien artean dagoen haranean. Barbadunen zehar, industria-, ekoizpen- eta ekonomia-jarduera handia garatu zen XV. mendetik aurrera. Burdinola- eta errota-multzoen ekoizpena jada ez dagoen Lavalleko (Muskiz) portu zaharretik ateratzen zen itsasora. Sekulako ibilbide hau oinez egin daiteke, ibaiaren ibilgua aprobetxatuta Pobeñatik, ibaian gora, baita bizikletaz ere. El Pobaleko burdinola ederraz gain, Galdameserako bidean, txakolina dastatu ahal izango duzu Ballibiango ondare-multzoan. Bertan, XVII. mendeko irin-errota bat ere badago, zaharberritua eta oraindik martxan dagoena. Ostatua da gaur egun, historiaz eta benetakotasunez betetako ingurune natural batean.

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