Balmaseda (Basque language; the formerly-used Spanish name was Valmaseda) is a town in the Encartaciones/Enkarterriak region of Bizkaia, Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. It is located approximately 18 miles (30 km.)southwest of Bilbao. Balmaseda has been one of the most important cities in the Encartations region of Bizkaia due to its proximaty to Cantabria and Castille. It has been and continues to be a major center for furniture and steel constuction. It is also one the many historical cities in Bizkaia and serves as the capital of The Encartations region of the Left Margen of Bizkaia. With 7000 inhabitants, it boasts a historic old city and a "puente viejo" (Old bridge) that dates back to 1199. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Vizcaya province Vizcaya (Basque Bizkaia) is a province of northern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ... Basque Country (Basque Euskadi, Spanish País Vasco) is an autonomous community of Spain whose capital is Vitoria (Basque Gasteiz). ... Cityscape of Bilbao, with the Guggenheim Museum on the bottom right Bilbao from satellite (NASA World Wind Landsat) Bilbao (Basque: Bilbo) is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Pais Vasco and the capital of the province of Vizcaya (Basque: Bizkaia). ...
Balmaseda, se localiza en el suroeste de la provincia de Bizkaia, enclavada a orillas del río Cadagua.
Las guerras del siglo XIX castigaron especialmente a Balmaseda, una vez más, por ser paso entre la costa y Castilla, aunque a juzgar por las muchas obras emprendidas entonces, también hubo años de bonanza económica.
Próximo a Balmaseda se encuentra el barrio de Pandozales, del que partimos (0h.), dirigiéndonos hacia la derecha por una pista de hormigón hasta la ermita de San Isidro.
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