Document containing the founding statutes of the Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del país, the first Economic Society founded in the Hispanic Monarchy in 1765. Under the impetus of Xavier María de Munibe, Count of Peñaflorida, the Bascongada was created with the aim of promoting development, science and culture. The headquarters of the institution were established in the Insausti Palace in Azkoitia, and the list of members included important personalities of the society such as Valentín de Foronda, Pablo de Olavide and Félix María Samaniego.

Collection: Texts

Project: 11. Science and culture as representation in Europe.

Chronology: XVIII

Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University

Link: https://dokuklik.euskadi.eus/badator/visor/018/00474

Resource type: Historical source

Format: 76 f. 310 x 210 mm.

Source: Archivo del Territorio Histórico de Álava. Fondo Prestamero, Sección: Administración y Gobierno de la Sociedad, Serie: Gobierno:Estatutos, Signatura: 17.2

Language: Spanish

Date: 10/15/2020

Owner: Álvaro Chaparro Sainz (Modernalia)

Identifier: Dokuklik/00474

Copyright: Copyright: © Eusko Jaurlaritza-Gobierno Vasco * Euskadiko Artxibo Historikoa - Archivo Histórico de Euskadi - Diputación Foral de Alava - Arabako Foru Aldundia

Abstract: Document containing the Statutes of the Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del País, an institution founded in 1765 in Azkoitia by the Count of Peñaflorida.

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