Bilbao
Bilbao, the largest city in the Basque Country, is a self-contained autonomous community in Spain. The opening of the Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum in 1997 launched a renaissance in the city, which put Bilbao culturally and artfully on the map, thus triggering the economic and aesthetic renewal of the city.
In Bilbao, everything mixes, old and new, modern and traditional, industry and culture, urbanization and nature, and maybe this is just a mix of curiosity. In addition to culture, culinary delights are of paramount importance, not only in the Michelin star restaurants, but also in the cozy pintxo bars.
One of the most spectacular modern buildings in the world is the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao; The museum, according to one half of the city’s inhabitants, is beautiful, and the other half is terrible, but it has made Bilbao one of the centers of cultural tourism.
A few minutes walk from the museum, passing through the futuristic Zubizuri footbridge, we arrive at the historic Old Town, home to many important churches. Refurbished in the 1300s, the restored Catedral de Santiago is a prime example of neo-Gothic architecture, with its Gothic gates dating back to the late 15th century. Not far from it is the 16th-century Basilica de Begoña, which features numerous large-scale paintings by the Italian Baroque artist Luca Giordano.
On the stairs next to the building of the Episcopal Palace you can climb up to the Archaeological Museum. The most important Basque folk art material and archaeological monuments of the area were gathered in the museum.
The archaeological material is one of the prehistoric finds found in the Basondo caves near Guernica.
We would also like to visit the “San Antón” church, which was erected in the place of the old fortress. Built in 1422, the church underwent a number of renovations in the 16th century, in honor of San Antonio.
The San Memes Stadium, one of Spain’s most prestigious football clubs, is home to the Athletico Bilbao.
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