Room Antonios de Trueba

Room 4 is a double (with the possibility of an extra bed), with en suite bathroom, located on the first floor. It has a large window overlooking the garden.

THE HISTORICAL FIGURE

Antonios de Trueba (Writer, musician, “Tiote” (super uncle), father, brother and nephew)

Montellano (1819-1889) Bilbao,…

• Antonio de Trueba, known as “Antón el de los Cantares” (Antón the songsmith”), writer of manners and moralist, moved to Madrid as a young man. He is the author of El libro de los Cantares, Cuentos de color de rosa, Mari Santa and many other titles. In 1862 he was proclaimed “Chronicler and Archivist of the Dominion of Biscay” by the General Assemblies of Biscay and settled in Bilbao where he died and where a monument designed by Benlliure was erected by public subscription in the Jardines de Albia.
• Antonio de Trueba Aguinagalde, musician, Zumaya (1855-1944) Bilbao, displayed great musical talent from an early age and in his long career composed numerous works including mazurkas, masses, symphonies and the Salve Regina, which has been heard in the Arritokieta shrine in Zumaya on the 7 September every year since 1885.
• Antonio Trueba Aguirre was el Tiote, doctor, dentist and composer of tangos. Antonio Trueba Araoz is my father, Bilbao (1922-1993) Bilbao, and as well as a great father, had a brilliant scientific mind and ended up as a Commander of the Order of Carlos III. Antonio Trueba is also the name of my doctor brother and nephew.