Bilbo Tour

BILBO

It is the largest municipality of the Basque Country and the tenth largest in Spain it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in northern Spain.

Bilbao is situated in the north-central part of Spain Its main urban core is surrounded by two small mountain ranges with an average elevation

Bilbao was a commercial hub of the Basque Country that enjoyed significant importance in Green Spain.

Ayuntamiento de Bilbo

The building was built in 1892 by Joaquín Rucoba, on the former site of a convent in the district of Uribarri. It was built in Baroque style. One of the highlights of the building is the Arab Hall, a richly decorated hall in the Neo-Mudéjar style that resembles the decorations found in the Alhambra of Granada. The hall is used for official receptions and weddings.

Before 1890, the city's council was located in a building inside the Old Town.

ARRIAGA

The Teatro Arriaga is an opera house. It was built in Neo-baroque style by architect Joaquín Rucoba in 1890, (the same architect that built the city hall). It is named after Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga, known in his time as the "Spanish Mozart".

The theater was rebuilt in 1985 after severe flooding destroyed it in August 1983.

Biscay Foral Delegation Palace

It was built between 1890 and 1900 by architect Luis Aladren, in the Gran Vía de Don Diego López de Haro avenue. It is important because is a branch of government of Biscay.

CATHEDRAL

Santiago Cathedral is a Catholic Cathedral in the city of Bilbao. The temple was originally built during the 14th-15th centuries as Bilbao's main parish church, and was only declared cathedral in 1950 when the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bilbao was officially created. Its origins probably date to well before the foundation of the city in 1300, when Bilbao was little more than a small enclave of fishermen.

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Architecturally, the present building is a mixture of styles: from the 15th century Gothic of the cloister and the main vault, where of special interest are the cloister and the beautiful portal that gives access Correo street (Puerta del Angel), to the ostentatious Gothic Revival façade and spire.

Parque de los patos

Doña Casilda Iturrizar park is a public park . It is named this way after Casilda Iturrízar, donated the terrains.

It was the only lung of the city until a few years ago. It is an English-style garden created more than 100 years ago, in which the main highlights are the perfectly preserved examples of many centenary tree species.

Attractions

Within the park there is a duck pond with various species of waterfowl, the park is nicknamed Parque de los Patos (Duck's park) by the locals because of this pond. There is also a cybernetic fountain that offers annually sound and light shows during the holidays, surrounded by a large space where concerts are held and a pergola.

SAN MAMES

San Mamés is the name of Athletic Bilbao’s football stadium. The stadium replaced the "old" San Mamés as the home of Athletic Bilbao.

The first san mames was opened in 1913 and 100 years later in 2013 was inaugurated the new san mames. The old san mames was the oldest stadium in Spain before the delosion

The new stadium have capacity to 53,000and it was built next to the old san mames.The construction began in 2010 and 3 years later Three quarts was compete, when de `liga´ finished the athletic demolished the old san mames and they started paying in the new when it wasn't finished yet.

Euskalduna Jauregia

It was designed by architects Federico Soriano and Dolores Palacios and work started in 1994. It was opened in February 1999 and contains a variety of spaces, functioning as a conference center, opera house and concert hall. In 2003 it was declared by the International Congress Palace Association as the world's best congress center.

It is used as an Auditorium (for opera productions by the ABAO (The Bilbao Association of Friends of Opera) and the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra. It has the largest stage of any theatre in Europe), as a commercial gallery, a restaurant, an Exhibition Hall, a commercial gallery.