The findings of the archaeological site of Kurtzio testify of human presence in the municipal territory at the period of the prehistoric
Asturian culture. The organization as a parish church can trace its origins to the political structure of the Flat Earth of the Middle Ages. Sancho Vela founded its solar Barrika house in the year 496, this being the origin of the later church. In addition to the agricultural and livestock activities, its inhabitants worked from old in whaling, as attested by the
Carta Puebla granted by
Lope Díaz de Haro, Lord of Biscay, in the 13th century. Barrika had a seat and vote at the General meetings of
Guernica, its number was the 51st. ==Notable people==