Basque Country
Spain – Costa Verde | Anno 2025
Bilbao
Gaztelugatxeko San Juan ermita
Bilbao
Bilbao – Nervión
Casco Viejo, the historic city centre of Bilbao |
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One of the Las Siete Calle, the seven parallel streets in the old town |
Bacalao de Bilbao, “the best cod in the world”
Canagers ("shitters") are popular props for the traditional nativity scene, along with shepherds and the Three Wise Men, for example. They are always depicted crouched over a turd with their pants pulled down
No celebrity escapes it
Villarías Kalea
Palace of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia
Plaza de Federico Moyúa – Chavarri Palace
Bilbao City Hall
Nervión
Las sirgueras (The Tugboat Women, Dora Salazar, 2021), a tribute to women's labour and their unfinished path to equality. Tugboat women pulled ships at the end of the 19th century with ropes tied to their bodies
The Puente de la Salve is partly integrated into the Guggenheim Museum (left)
Guggenheim Museum (backside, evening light). The deconstructivist-style building was designed by North American architect Frank Gehry and opened in 1997
Guggenheim Museum (front)
Puppy (Jeff Koons, 1992) |
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Maman (Female spider, Louise Bourgeois, 1999) |
The twelve-meter-tall West Highland White Terrier is covered with 70,000 living flowers. These grow on 25,000 kilograms of soil within a steel frame. A built-in irrigation system provides the flowers with a constant supply of water
The female spider with egg sac symbolises security and loving care |
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The atrium in the shape of a giant flower |
Tulipanes (Tulips, Jeff Koons, 1995 – 2004), a bouquet of multi-coloured balloon flowers made of stainless steel with a transparent, coloured coating, evokes a sense of lightness, even though it weighs three tons
Despertándose (The Awakening, Gilbert and George, 1984). Central to the work are the two artists who depict the horror of a kind of inner awakening, perhaps the transition from youth to adulthood
La Materia del Tiempo (The Matter of Time, Richard Serra, 1994 – 2005). The monumental corten steel works transform unexpectedly as you walk through or around them, creating a dizzying sense of space in motion
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Guggenheim Museum (evening light)
Guggenheim Museum (morning light)
Guggenheim Museum (morning light)
Donostia – San Sebastián
Oria
Donostia – San Sebastián – The beaches of La Concha (central) and La Onduretta (right)
Isla de Santa Clara (foreground), Monte Urgull with statue of the Sacred Heart (background)
Royal Palace of Miramar (1893)
San Sebastián
Bishop's Palace
María Christina Bridge (1905) over the Urumea
Flag of the Basque Country |
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Coats of arms of the city of San Sebastián and the province of Gipuzkoa |
Zurriola Bridge (1915) with the Maria Christina Hotel (left) and the Victoria Eugenia Theatre
Zurriola Beach
San Sebastián – Parte Vieja (Old Town) |
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Cathedral of the Good Shepherd |
Pieta (Jorge de Oteiza Embil, 1998)
San Vicente Church – Portal
San Vicente Church (16th century)
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Basilica of Saint Mary of the Chorus (16th century)
Basilica of Saint Mary of the Chorus
Plaza de la Constitución
Plaza de la Constitución. Bullfights once took place here
The spectators then took their seats on the balconies of the numbered private apartments
La Concha with the Bishop's Palace and the Miramar Palace
Getaria
Getaria
Zumaia
Guernica
Guernica – Town Hall
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Guernica
The Oak of Guernica (2005). From the 10th century onwards, the General Assembly of the province met here, and the Kings of Spain took the oath in which they promised to respect the fueros, the liberties of Bizkaia. This oath remained in effect until 1876
Today, meetings take place in the 19th-century Meeting House
The remains of the trunk of the 'grandfather' of the current oak are cherished in a classicist pavilion |
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Park of the Peoples of Europe |
Mural based on the painting Guernica (1937) by Pablo Picasso
Guernica after the bombing by the German Luftwaffe on 26 April 1937
Guernica after the bombing
Mundaka
Mundaka – Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve
Gaztelugatxeko San Juan ermita
Isla de Akatxa, a paradise for seabirds
Gaztelugatxeko San Juan ermita, An 11th-century hermitage dedicated to St. John, strategically situated on the top of an islet. In the past, it was often the target of sieges, including those by Sir Francis Drake
Jaak Palmans
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