On 12 October, the Feast of Our Lady of the Pillar, the council of Zigoitia in Álava used to auction off the right to harvest chestnut trees on communal land in lots of one, two or three specimens. Chestnut can also be found in the mountains of the nearby localities of Etxaguen, Murua, Manurga, Acosta, Ondategi, Gopegi and Zestafe. (more…)