AZKOITIA Jorge Oteiza's basque pelota court

AZKOITIA

Azkoitia it is a town located in the mountain chain  of Izarraitz in the valley of Urola. It is to 57km of San Sebastian. It is  113m high of the sea. This town was founded in 1331. It has 11.563 inhabitants. The major is Javier Zubizarreta. The patron is the virgin of Urrategi.

There you can visit the basque pelota court Jorge Oteiza. It is a modern one. The outside is white, on the left part it is a big triangle and in the entrance it has a wooden wall.  In the centre, it has a shape of a box and with the right side  it makes a “L” form.

This basque pelota court  was designed by Antton Mendizabal and Carlos Cebaltos. In total there are 7 courts because they symbolize the 7 basque territories.

Jorge Oteiza was born 21st  october 1908 in Orio and he died 9th april 2003 in San Sebastian. His art is in his museum in Alzuza. Jorge  has written many books like: “Libro  de los Plagios”, ”Quosque Tandem”, “Oteiza’s selected  writings”, “Ley de los cambios” and “Itziar: elegía, y otros poemas” for example. He did abstract art.