The museum of the Errementari, of the blacksmith, represents with all its elements what the forge of Iturrondo used to be. 

 

Blacksmiths created, but above all, they repaired all kinds of tools and parts for farm work, the construction of houses, domestic tasks and needs or for shoeing farm animals. Hence their importance for everyday life and the functioning of rural societies.

 

The museum consists of a small environment with a fire where high temperatures had to be reached in order to melt the iron, temperatures that were achieved by adding charcoal to the fire and blowing air with large bellows called barquines.

 

The set is completed with one or more anvils, moulds-calipers for the different sizes of nails, a horseshoeing rack, as well as an endless number of tools of the trade. 

 

When you visit the beech forests of Gorbeia, take a look at the famous trasmochos beech forests, from which charcoal was extracted for the forges.