 The city steered clear of the destructive War of the Bands in Gipuzkoa, the only town in doing so in that territory.In fact, the town only joined Gipuzkoa in 1459 after the war came to an end.Up to the 16th century, Donostia remained mostly out of wars, but by the beginning of the 15th century, a line of walls of simple construction is attested encircling the town.