Urtubie Castle: tourist and cultural visit to the Basque Country
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Exhibition: Micrometallica – Contemporary steel comes to the Château d’Urtubie. 📅 From June 16 to September 12, 2025
This summer, we invite you to discover a unique artistic experience at the Château d’Urtubie: Micrometallica, an exhibition of steel sculptures by artist and architect Christine de Buhan, aka Mima.
From June 16 to September 12, 2025, you can explore a world where steel becomes a sensitive, vibrant material, sometimes raw, sometimes patinated, or lacquered. Inspired by great names in sculpture such as Chillida, Oteiza, and Bernard Venet, Mima offers an intuitive, organic, and resolutely contemporary work.
Each sculpture resonates with the space around it, playing with light, transparencies, and reflections. This approach, inherited from her career as an architect, immerses you in a unique dialogue between form, material, and imagination.
In the majestic setting of the château, these creations find a unique setting, blending history and modernity. You will thus experience a powerful encounter between heritage and contemporary art, where the past and the future respond to each other in silence.
ℹ️ Practical information
Schedules :
- Every day: 10:30–12:30 / 2:15–6:00
📍 Urtubie Castle – Urrugne
🎟️ The exhibition is included in the castle entrance ticket
a historic monument
A HISTORICAL MONUMENT TO DISCOVER
Belonging to the same family since its construction in 1341, this fortified castle was enlarged in the 16th and 18th centuries to become today a very welcoming Historical Monument, furnished and decorated with refinement
Castle visit
The stones of Urtubie tell six centuries of Basque history.
Charming hotel
Family house, originally a fortified castle from the 14th century, the Urtubie Castle welcomes you for short and long stays
Dalzate shop
The DALZATE brand was born at the chateau of Urtubia on the Basque Coast, in the immediate vicinity of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
Urtubie Castle
a historic monument
This fortified castle still belongs to the same family since its construction in 1341 . Additions and improvements were carried out in the XVIe and XVIIIe centuries and the castle of Urtubie is today an inviting historic monument , furnished and decorated with refinement .
The stones of Urtubie tell six centuries of history of the Basque Country . King Louis XI sejourned in the castle in 1463 and Louis XIV raised the domain to the status of viscounty in 1654 . In the 19th century Soult then Wellington were known to the castle during the Napoléonic wars .
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