Aralar mugarriturik (1523-1857) [The marking of Aralar (1523-1857)]

Abstract

The article collects when and how was carried out the total marking of Sierra de Aralar. It is based on two documents from the municipal archive of Etxarri Aranatz. The first one, dating from 1523 reports the marking of the area that borders Gipuzkoa (one third of the total area) and the second one, dating from 1857, corresponds to the area that borders Navarra (two thirds of the total area). It also includes aspects related to the marking (conditions, materials, description, participants) as well as the analysis of the toponymy that appears in both documents, checking whether the official toponymy is maintained. At the end of the article the mentioned documents are transcribed.