Iturraldea House, Arizkun

It was the native lot of Juan Bautista de Iturralde, one of the most outstanding businessmen of the Madrid of Felipe V, who named him Minister of Finance as well as Marquis of Murillo del Cuende, in 1739. In 1715, being the owner of the house his sister Graciana Iturralde, married to José Sastrearena, Juan Bautista appointed proxies to rebuild the original house, for which he sent plans, instructions and money from the Villa y Corte. However, a year later he decided to change the layout and location of the new house, which was finally erected next to the Poor Clare monastery that he himself sponsored. The work was carried out by Juan de Urrutia, a stonemason from Sara, and Ignacio de Errazuriz Iriberri, a carpenter from Arizkun, under the direction and instruction of master builder Juan Antonio San Juan.

The building, with a horizontal facade, combines the plastered walls with the reddish stone typical of the area located in the floor separations, in the frames of the openings and in the corner chains. Its noble floor with five balconies on corbels stands out, as well as its triple eaves of great development with carved corbels. A portico with semicircular arches opens on the rear façade.