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The first records of The name of the municipality of Ziortza-Bolibar stems from two of its most historical quarters.
Ziortza (Cenarruza) date back to the year 1082, when it was registered for the first time in the “becerro gótico” (“Gothic calf”), an ancient manuscript found in the monastery of S. Millán de la Cogolla. Nevertheless, tradition holds that its origins can be traced back to the year 968. The name of Ziortza has been secularly linked to its church, which subsequently became a collegiate church and currently houses a Cistercian monastery, which is one of the most important historical enclaves of the Cantabrian Jacobean route, or Way of St. James.
The first documentary records of the existence of Bolibar (Bolívar), date back to the year 1051 and refer to the presence of an abbot in the same.
Bolibar is a Basque place-name that is made up from the words “bolu” (mill) and “ibar” (fertile lowland), which would render the meaning of the same as “the mill’s fertile lowland”. The origin of an ancient hamlet (La Puebla de Bolivar “Bolivar’s Hamlet”) and, subsequently, the surname, stem from this place-name. Thanks to one of its descendants, the original place-name became one of the most extended and well-known Basque surnames, particularly in the Latin American continent.
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