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while the ground floor features
one of the oldest archaeological
finds – the Mikeldi Idol, a
sculpture in the shape of the
boar from the Iron Age.
P Plaza Moyua
This oval plaza is laid out
with formal gardens that are
designed around a central
fountain. Ernest Hemingway
(see p159) once stayed at the
Carlton Hotel nearby.
P Ensanche Bilbaíno
The newer part of Bilbao
stretches along the Gran Vía The Ría de Bilbao cut by the Nervión river
de Don Diego López de Haro.
Of note here are the Abando 2 Ría de Bilbao 3 Gernika-Lumo
and Santander railway stations, and Plentzia Vizcaya. Road Map A4, G1. * 16,500.
the stock exchange building, £ @ n Arte kalea 8; 946 25 58 92.
several churches and the Road Map A4, G1. ( Mon. _ Anniversary of bombing
Estadio de San Mamés – of Gernika (26 Mar). 8 organized by
home of Athletic Bilbao The Ría de Bilbao, created by the tourist office. ∑ gernika-lumo.net
Football club (see p126). Also the Nervión river, is known as
worth visiting is the Parque the “main street of Vizcaya”. It This little town is of great
Doña Casilda de Iturrizar. stretches 14 km (9 miles) north- symbolic significance to the
west of Bilbao before entering Basques as an ancient seat of
the sea off the working-class lawmaking and as the target
town of Portugalete, known of the world’s first saturation
for its “hanging bridge” (Puente bombing raid, carried out by
Colgante) across the Nervión. Nazi aircraft at Franco’s request
Along the less industrial east in 1937 (see p47).
bank of the ría is the attractive The most important place in
suburb of Getxo, with its the town is the Neo-Classical
beaches, marina and water front Casa de Juntas, which houses
lined with 19th-century villas. At the parliament of the province
C. LA SALVE URIBARRI the ría’s northern end is Algorta, of Vizcaya.

15 km (9.3 miles) AV E N I D A M A U R I C E R AV E L
de La Salve
Museo Puente C. CASTA?OS PL. DE TRAV. URÍBARRI a former fishing port that has a In the Parque de los Pueblos
Guggenheim HUERTAS DE LA VILLA MORAZA C. M ATICO A sculpture by Eduardo Chillida in front beach, pretty old harbour and de Europa are sculptures by
streets winding up a steep cliff.
Henry Moore and Eduardo
A LAM C. TIVOLI SALCES CAMINO D E L TRAUCO of the Museo de Bellas Artes Beyond there, the ría runs up Chillida. Also of note are the
ANSELMA DE
C . I PAR RA GU I R RE
to Plentzia – a small port town
Gothic Iglesia de Santa María, the
C. HEROS
PL.
C. LERSUNDI TO
C. HENAO . ER C ILL A CAL L E DE U R I B ITA R TE Ayuntamiento MAESTRO E Museo de Bellas Artes with an attractive old quarter. Museo de la Paz (Museum of
Ria de Bilbao
Bilbao Airport PASEO CAMPO DE VOLANTIN
Museo ALAMEDA DE RECALDE EDA MAZA RRE San Plaza del Museo 2. Tel 944 39 60 60. All these places can be Peace) and Museo Euskal Herria
C. ELCANO
PASEO URIBITARTE
de Bellas Artes C Vicente Open 10am–8pm Wed–Mon. 7 & reached by metro from Bilbao. (Museum of the Basque Country).
GRAN VIA Martir Palacio Puente de Parque (free Wed). 8 ∑ museobilbao.com
de Justicia
MULLE DE RIPA
Ayuntamiento
DON DIEGO
CO L ÓN D E L A RR EÁ T EG UI

MOYUA ABANDO C. DE BUENOS AIRES Etxebarria Set in the Parque Doña Casilda The Tree of Gernika
CA L L E L E DESM A
de Iturrizar, in the newer part of
A LA M. R E CAL DE
PLAZA L Ó P E Z D E H AR O
GR E G O R I O D E L A REV ILLA C . DE R O G R IG UEZ AR IAS HURTADO DE AMEZAGA Estación Arenal Iglesia C A LZADAS DE C. VIRGEN DE BEGOÑA Art has more than 6,000 exhibits democratic assembly under an oak
Puente
town, the large Museum of Fine
For centuries, Basque leaders met in
C. DEL
LICENCIADO
M ALLONA
C. NAVARRA
GURIDI AVE D E ZUMALACARREGUI
CALLE DE BAILÉN de Abando
San Nicolás
on a hillside in Gernika-Lumo. In the
from the 12th century to the
Museo
A LA MEDA DE URQ U I J O
Vasco
C. GORDONIZ
CASCO
Basilica
garden of the Casa de Juntas, inside
present day. Apart from works
de Begoña
Cathedral
A M A D EO D EPRIT
the petrified trunk of the Gernikako
ALAMEDA DE SAN MAMÉS
such as Velázquez, Ribera, El
PLAZA DE
AUTONOMÍA C. DEL GENERAL CONCHA CALLE ELCANO C A L L E D E L A R I B E R A CALLE DE ITURRIBIDE by artists of international fame, a pavilion and closely guarded, is
SANTANDER ZABÁLBURU VIEJO C. SOLOKOETXE Greco and Zurbarán, there are Arbola – the oldest of the oak trees
C. DE LABAYRU CALLE DE SAN FRANCISCO DE F preserved here – symbolizing the
C. DE GENERAL CALLE DE LAS CORTES ZA B A L BIDE I K A paintings by leading modern
C. EGANA AL. RECALDE
SALAZAR Puente de ancient roots of the Basque people.
PLAZA CALLE DE LA CON C E PCIÓN San Antonio Basque artists, including
DE TOROS L A VIEJA ATXURI It was already over 300 years old
C.IRALA BRUNO MAURICIO DE ZAB ALA
Estación CAMINO DE URIZAR BILBAO C. DE Regoyos, Zuloaga and when it dried out in 1860.
C. SANTUTXU
de Amézola AVE. BERGARA CALLE JUAN DE GARAY Miribilla LA VIEJA CALLE DE AT XURI Museo Echevarría, as well as drawings Subsequent oaks at the site have
Parque
and sculp tures. In the
Diocesano
all been grown from acorns taken
C . BILBAO URAZURRUT IA
SAN SEBASTIÁN
are works by Chillida and
Gernikako Arbola
most recently in 2015.
(DONOSTIA)
AVE. ASKATASUNA ETORBIDEA
MADRID MADRID contemporary art section or descended from the original oak, The petrified trunk of the
SAN SEBASTIÁN Tàpies, among others.
(DONOSTIA)
For hotels and restaurants see pp205–6 and pp219–21
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