سومايا

"Zumaya" redirects here. For the language spoken in Cameroon, see Zumaya language. For the Detroit Tigers pitcher, see Joel Zumaya.

Zumaia
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Zumaia Location Zumaia Zumaia (اسبانيا)
الإحداثيات: 43°17′50″N 2°15′25″W
Country	إسپانيا
Autonomous community	إقليم الباسك
Province	Gipuzkoa
Comarca	Urola Costa
تأسست	1347 (1347)
الحكومة
• العمدة	Oier Korta Esnal (PNV)
المساحة
• الإجمالي	11٫28 كم² (4٫36 ميل²)
التعداد  ()
صفة المواطن	باسكية: zumaiarra
منطقة التوقيت	UTC+1 (CET)
• الصيف (التوقيت الصيفي)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	20750
مفتاح الهاتف	+34 (Spain) + 943 (Gipuzkoa)
الموقع الإلكتروني	zumaia.eus

سومايا (باسكية: Zumaia؛ [s̻umaja], إسپانية: Zumaya) is a small town in the north of Spain in the Basque Country.

The town has two beaches (Itzurun and Santiago), which are of interest to geologists because they are situated among the longest set of continuous rock strata in the world. Known locally as the "flysch" they date from the mid-cretaceous period to the present, a time period of over 100 million years. The K-T boundary is present at the Itzurun beach, and fossils can be found, notably of ammonites. The strata stretches along a distance of about 8 km, between the towns/beaches of Deba and Getaria, with Zumaia lying in the middle.

The town is also the home/museum of the painter Ignacio Zuloaga. Exhibits include works by El Greco, Rivera, Zurbarán and Goya. Across the street there is a museum of craft and hand-crafted products of Laia. Within the city centre, the Basque-style Gothic church of San Pedro can be found. It has a temple with a magnificent reredos by Juan de Antxieta, the only work by this Basque sculptor found in Gipuzkoa.

Zumaia is located at the point where the Urola and Narrondo rivers come together. The origins of the town can be traced by its ancient monastery. In the Middle Ages, the people who lived in the Sehatz valley having to endure the continuous attacks of pirates and pillagers, fortified the city. The church today retains the relic of its defensive appearance.

View from Zumaia.

Lighthouse of Zumaia.

Itzurun Beach.

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 سومايا والأخطبوط

The Octopus and Zumaia have been together since the early days of the creation of the town. There has been a special relation between this animal and the town in which other towns, in Getaria, Zarautz or Deba (which they are 5, 10 and 16 km from Zumaia), has never occurred. The tradition of catching octopuses on the coastline of Zumaia has been very typical, and the octopus has become the essence of the culture and tradition of the town.

 معرض الصور

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  Lighthouse of Zumaia

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  Itzurun beach

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  Chapel of San Telmo

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  Zumaia seen from the beach

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  Itzurun Beach in 2013

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  Deba and Zumaia: Basque Coast Geopark-Flysch

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  Integration of graffiti into its environment at Erribera street (2016)

 References

• "Guía monumental (historia y arte) de Zumaia Guipúzcoa". Arte Guías.
• Romatet, J.L (October 2014). "Dena ez da Olagarro Zopa". Baleike. 236: 13–17.
• Zabaleta, Gorka (September 2012). "Zumaia eta Olagarroa". Baleike. 213: 6–17.
• Romatet, J.L (15 October 2012). "Zumaia eta Olagarroa: Maitasun istorio bat". Diario Vasco.

 External links

• Touristic information about Zumaia
• ZUMAIA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (بالإسپانية)