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In 1899, the priest of Zeanuri decided to follow this recommendation and formed a commission in order to collect funds from believers and Institutions alike. After multiple drawbacks, work began on the 16th July 1901. The different pieces of the Cross, which was going to be 33 metres and 33 centimetres high (in memory of the age of Christ on the Cross), were manufactured in Baracaldo using 13,000 kg of iron and were transported up from Izarra (which was where the train station was located) on the backs of mules and oxen. The initial budget amounted to some 50,000 pesetas and the Cross was inaugurated (before being totally completed) on the 12th of November 1901.
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