Koleto etxea

About the museum

Casa Koleto is a traditional Pyrenean house in Ochagavía (Otsagabia), in the Salazar valley, with a finely worked stone façade and a hipped roof. Its date of construction is not certain: 1718 and 1786 are both cited. Most of the village’s houses were built after the fire of 1794, when French troops burnt the town during the War of the Convention.

The town council bought the house to prevent the loss of one of the few examples of this type that remain in the Pyrenees, and converted it into a cultural and ethnographic space, open to the public since summer 2023. The house retains its traditional kitchen with a large fireplace, furniture and wallpaper from the 1920s, and a stable and a cellar devoted to ethnography and to objects of farming and livestock life.

The route also includes a room dedicated to the Ochagavía dancers (danzantes), a traditional costume of the Salazar valley, religious objects and several exhibition rooms. Concerts are held in the courtyard in summer.

Highlights

• Traditional kitchen with a large fireplace, one of the few still preserved in Navarre
• Furniture and wallpaper from the 1920s
• Stable and cellar with an ethnographic exhibition
• Room dedicated to the Ochagavía dancers
• Complete traditional costume of the Salazar valley

Permanent exhibition

• Casa Koleto: exposición etnográfica – Ethnographic rooms in the stable and the cellar, traditional kitchen, dancers’ room and 1920s furniture in a Pyrenean house.

Founded

2023

Operated by

Ayuntamiento de Ochagavía (Otsagabia)

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: not available
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The first floor can only be reached by stairs, and the attic is not open to the public.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The house is in the urban centre of Ochagavía, in the Salazar valley.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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