Over 260 Years of Pioneering Spirit: The Legacy of the “Caballeritos de Azkoitia”

How could a group of Enlightenment thinkers, gathering for discussions at the Intsausti Palace, change the scientific and cultural course of a nation? The story of the Royal Basque Society of Friends of the Country (RSBAP)—founded in 1764 under the leadership of the Count of Peñaflorida—is the chronicle of an ambitious dream: to transform society through the sciences, the arts, and economic development.