Bilbao

Introduction

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Overview of Bilbao

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Colorful Government Building

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The Biscayan Government

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Variations in Architecture

Old and New

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Green and Orange Stone

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Triangles and Cones in the Street Garden

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City Surrounded by Hills

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Bagatza Station

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Moorish Influence

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Sculptures on the Streets

Ricardo Bastida

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Crumpled Paper

Ricardo Bastida

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Mosaic Mural on the Walk to the Guggenheim

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Poopie and the Guggenheim

Contrast in Color Texture and Style

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Poopie in Contrast to Rectangular Office Buildings

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Poopie

Jeff Koons 40 feet dog flowers “Puppy” “Poopie” Westie in steel, earth 40feet high sculpture watered permanently

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Poopies Back

Full of Flowers

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Transition from Guggenheim to the City and Across the River

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Colorful Arch Support to the Bridge

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Zigzag Stairway on the Other Side

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Pretty Woman

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White Bridge

aka Zubizuri Bridge

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The Zubizuri Bridge by architect Santiago Calatrava

Zubizuri bridge “white bridge” in Basque aka Campo Volantin Bridge aka Puente del Campo Volantin, tied arch footbridge across the Nervion RiverĀ  architect Santiago Calatrava, links the Campo Volantin right bank and Uribitarte left bank of the river.

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Spiral Nature of the Bridge

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Vertical Nature

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The Base

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Respecting the Old in the Context of the New

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Close up of the Old

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Ovoid Variant of the Sphere’s Inaction 2002 by

Jorge Oteiza

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A Different Perspective

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Mother and Child in the Playground

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Cycles in the Playground

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Antique Water Tap

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Woman’s Touch

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Water Fountain

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Navigator Extrordinare by the Sycamore

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Old Man Checking his Ticket

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Old Man in Thought

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Beggar by the Door of the Church

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Sunday Walk

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Distracted Conversation

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Waitress Cleaning Before Lunchtime

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Disparate Shapes

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Graffiti in the Old City

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Dried Pork for Sale

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Guitarist in the Old City

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Hands on the Guitar

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Man in Deep Thought with Cigar in Mouth

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Tossing Discs at the Frog

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Drinks Outside before Lunch

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Picking the Snails from their Shells

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Reaction to the Snails

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Quiet Conversation Over a Whisky Barrel on a Cobblestone Street

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Thinking on a Cobblestone Street

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Near the Beginning

Shade and a Little Sun

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Two Men on a Park Bench

Old and Not So Old

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Playing on the Street

Young andĀ  a Little Older

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Basque Country

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St James Gothic Cathedral

Waves of Architecture

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Unusual Sign

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Babbon in the Air

Street Artist

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The Theatre

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Where to Next?

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