[2] Under his presidency, the club merged with Unión Vizcaino to form Bizcaya, which was specially created to take part in the 1907 Copa del Rey, endured internal problems, and suffered a drought of titles.
[3][4] Although it was formed in 1896, it was not until 30 November 1900 that the club was officially established in a meeting held in the house of industrialist José Luis de Villabaso (1852–1917) in the Biscayan neighborhood of Algorta.
[1] Between 1904 and 1905, Athletic barely played matches due to a lack of significant rivals in its territory, which caused a sporting crisis.
[1] He was loyally committed to making his collection accessible to the public in the city, proof of this are the Museum's catalogs during the first three decades of the century, which include ceded or donated works that went from a selection of Flemish tapestries, ivories, and reliquaries to paintings.
[1] The magnitude of the original collection was so great that simply by comparing that of the museum itself, which opened its doors in 1914, it had 137 works, while he would easily multiply that number several times.
[1] During the conflict of the Spanish Civil War and the Bombing of Guernica, the safeguarding of the cultural heritage was made a priority objective, and the collection of Aras Jáuregui was obviously included.