Micaela Portilla

Background

She was born in Vitoria in July 1922 and died on October 8, 2005.

Career

She was one of the most important Basque anthropologists and historians of the twentieth century, having led many studies and other works in these fields through more sensitive and comprehensive methodological work. Micaela Portilla began her professional career as an elementary and vocational school teacher in various locations in the province of Álava (Aramaiona and Salvatierra) and finally in Vitoria. She later extended his studies at the Complutense University, majoring in Geography and History.

Foreign her thesis in 1954, she presented a work entitled Torres de Mendozas, Guevaras y Ayalas en Álava (The towers of Mendoza, Guevara and Ayala in Álava), which put a starting point to her later investigative work.

In that conference there was an exhibition about the author and several days of conferences.

Achievements

• Lekuona Manuel Award (1997) Art History Studies Paper in memory of Professor Michelle Portilla (Jose Javier Velez Chaurri, Pedro Luis Echeverria Goñi and Felicitas Martínez Salinas Entertainment), Department of Culture of the Provincial Council of Alava (2009) Lan Onari distinction granted by the Basque Government in 2000 in recognition of his professional work.

Connections

friends:

Real Sociedad de Amigos