Auñamendi Encyclopedia

The Auñamendi Encyclopedia is the largest encyclopedia of Basque culture and society, with 120,000 articles and more than 67,000 images.[1][2][3]

Green mountain pastures. In the background a rocky peak.
It is named after Auñamendi, the Pic d'Anie in Western Pyrenees.
An old white man with spectacles in a beret.
Bernardo Estornés Lasa in 1997

History

Founded in 1958 by the Estornés Lasa brothers, Bernardo and Mariano.[4] He began publishing in 1969 with the help of the Auñamendi publishing house. Since 1996, Eusko Ikaskuntza has taken over the task of digitizing, cataloging and putting it on the network.[5] The new encyclopedia is based on the Auñamendi encyclopedia by Bernardo Estornés Lasa, which began in 1933 and whose first and last volumes were released in 1960 and 2008 respectively.[6] There were 58 volumes.[7] The contents of the Auñamendi Encyclopedia are generated by a large group of specialists in different subjects who guarantee the level of quality and scientific rigor of the encyclopedia.[8] All contributions are analyzed and contrasted by the experts at Eusko Ikaskuntza.[9][10]

References
  1. "La Enciclopedia Auñamendi seguirá creciendo durante los próximos años". Diario vasco. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. "Enciclopedia Auñamendi: pasado y futuro". Euskonews. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. "Nace la plataforma digital Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia". Noticias de Navarra. Notcias de Navarra. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. "Auñamendi". University of the Basque Country. Memoria Histórica en la Literatura Ibérica. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  5. "Cultura destina 500.000 euros para actualizar la Enciclopedia Auñamendi". El país. El país. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  6. La Gran Enciclopedia Vasca. 1966. ISBN 9788424800178. Retrieved 27 January 2021. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  7. "La vieja Auñamendi se actualiza y da el salto digital". Diario vasco. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  8. "La Enciclopedia Auñamendi, un clásico que prepara su despedida". Diario vasco. 30 May 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  9. "Auñamendi Encyclopedia". Eusko Ikaskuntza. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  10. "Firma del convenio de colaboración sobre la 'Enciclopedia Vasca Auñamendi'". Habe Euskadi. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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