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The Donostia Award ( Spanish: Premio Donostia; Basque: Donostia Saria) is an honorary award created in 1986 which is given every year to a number of actors and filmmakers in the San Sebastián International Film Festival. [1] . It derives its name from Donostia, the Basque name of San Sebastián. [2] Recipients. See also. Golden Shell for Best Film.
A Wikipédiából, a szabad enciklopédiából. A Donostia-díj a San Sebastián-i Nemzetközi Filmfesztivál díja a kiemelkedő életpálya elismeréseként. Az életműdíjat 1986 -ban adtak át első alkalommal.
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In spite of appearance, both the Basque form Donostia and the Spanish form San Sebastián have the same meaning — Saint Sebastian. The dona/done/doni element in Basque place names signifies "saint" and is derived from Latin domine; the second part of Donostia contains a shortened form of the saint's name. There are two hypotheses regarding the evolu...
Prehistory
The first evidence of human stationary presence in the current city is the settlement of Ametzagaña, between South Intxaurrondo and Astigarraga. The unearthed remains, such as knapped stones used as knives to cut animal skin, date from 24,000 to 22,000 BC. The open-air findings of the Upper Paleolithic have revealed that the settlers were modern human (Homo sapiens)hunters, besides pointing to a much colder climate at the time.
Antiquity
There were Roman settlements (from around 50-200 AD) in what is now the Old Part of the city, according to excavations carried out in the convent of Santa Teresa, on the slopes of Urgull.
Middle Ages
No written records about the place are known until, in 1014, the monastery of Saint Sebastian with its apple orchards for cider production, then located within the boundaries of the town of Hernani, was reportedly donated to the Abbey of Leire by Sancho III of Pamplona. By 1181, the city was chartered (given the fuero) by king Sancho VI of Pamplona on the site of Izurum, having jurisdiction over all the territory between the rivers Oria and Bidasoa. In 1200 the city was conquered by Castile,...
The city is located in the north of the Basque Country, on the south-eastern coast of the Bay of Biscay. San Sebastián has three beaches, Concha, Ondarreta, and Zurriola, and is surrounded by hilly areas: Urgull (adjacent to the old part of the city), Mount Ulia (extending east to Pasaia), Mount Adarra(south of the city) and Igeldo (overlooking Con...
New districts developed after the walls of the city were demolished in 1863, as the city expanded in several directions, first into the flatlands shaped by the river Urumea and later up the hills. The first expansion of the old town was towards the river's mouth, on the old quarter called Zurriola (a name later given by Council decision to the sand...
San Sebastián has a dynamic cultural scene, and was selected as European Capital of Culture for 2016 (shared with Wrocław, Poland) with the motto, "Waves of people's energy". Cultural events including traditional city festivals, music, theatre, and cinema take place throughout the year, especially in summer. In the last week of July, the city hosts...
The main economic activities are commerce and tourism. San Sebastián is one of the best-known tourist destinations in Spain. The international technology organisation Ikusiis based in San Sebastián.
The city is served by Euskotren Trena, Euskotren's railway network. Euskotren runs trains to Bilbao and other destinations, as well as the San Sebastián Metro; which together with Renfe's Cercanías San Sebastián cover the San Sebastián metropolitan area. There are frequent trains via San Sebastián railway station from Madrid to Hendaye in France, w...
San Sebastián is renowned for its Basque cuisine. San Sebastián and the surrounding area is home to a high concentration of restaurants with Michelin stars, including Arzak (San Sebastián), Berasategi (Lasarte), Akelarre (district Igeldo) and Mugaritz (Errenteria). It is the city with the second most Michelin stars per capita in the world, after Ky...
Donostia / San Sebastián has become an important University town. Four universities and a superior conservatoryare present in the city: 1. University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU): San Sebastián hosts the GipuzkoaCampus of the public university. 2. University of Navarra: The private university has an engineering-centered campus, Tecnun, in San Se...
The principal football club in the city is Real Sociedad. After three seasons in the Segunda División, the club won promotion back to La Liga after winning the 2009–10 Segunda División. Real Sociedad was one of the founding members of the top division in Spanish football, La Liga. They enjoyed a particularly successful period of history in the earl...
May 17, 2024 · Donostia–San Sebastián, city, capital of Guipúzcoa provincia (province), northeastern Basque Country comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), north-central Spain. It is a fashionable seaside resort at the mouth of the canalized Urumea River on the Bay of Biscay, east of Bilbao and near the French.
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Donostialdea is one of the eight regions of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Autonomous Community, corresponding to the basin of the lower Urumea River, along with a strip of basin corresponding to the Oria River. [1] The region's name is derived from Donostia-San Sebastián, the capital city of Gipuzkoa in Spain.
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July 1, 1887. Website. https://www.donostia.eus. The City Council of San Sebastián ( Basque: Donostiako Udala, Spanish: Ayuntamiento de San Sebastián) is the institution that governs the Basque city of San Sebastián ( Spain ). Its premises are located in the former casino of the city next to the Bay of La Concha.
