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Bilbao is Spain's
sixth-largest city and biggest port. It has a number of interesting
secrets to reveal, as well as good food, and as a rail hub it serves
as a center for exploring some of the best attractions in the Basque
country. Most of the city's sights can be viewed in a day or two.
Many visitors flock here only to see the controversial new
$100-million Guggenheim Museum, designed by American architect Frank
Gehry and called "the beast" by some locals because of its bizarre
shape. From afar, it resembles a gargantuan sculpture, with a
tumbling boxes profile and a 131m-long (430-ft.) ship gallery.
Many of the city's grand homes and villas for
industrialists were constructed then, particularly in the wealthy
suburb of Neguri. The most famous son of Bilbao was Miguel de
Unamuno, the writer/educator more closely associated with Salamanca. |
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