800px-Guggenheim_museum_Bilbao_HDR-image — **Guggenheim Museum Bilbao** (*Phillip Maiwald (Nikopol).Source: commons.wikimedia.org* )

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BILBAO ( Spain )

Bilbao, is a city in the north of Spain of about 350,000 inhabitants), capital of the province of Bizkaia (Bizkaia) and the comarca of Greater Bilbao.
It is the most important city of the autonomous community of the Basque Country and the north of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the 10th largest city in Spain and one of its main economic centers. It is located at the estuary of the river Nervion. [wikipedia.org]

Bilbao

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Bilbao – Evening Festivity Lights

Author: Drriss & Marrionn. Source:flickr.com

The University of Deusto was filled with music, dance and light at the White Night of Bilbao on Saturday, June 15, 2013.

Author: Universidad de Deusto. Source:flickr.com

Bilbao City Hall, designed by IMB Arquitectos.

Author: Wojtek Gurak . Source:flickr.com

Bearing the stigma of the economic crisis of the 1980s that devastated the Spanish Basque industry, Bilbao began its rebirth in 1989 by launching a vast plan for urban revitalization. The financial effort is considerable: 735 million euros.
The flagship project of this revitalization plan is the construction of the Guggenheim Museum. In 1991, Bilbao applied to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation to host their European branch. From 1997, just eight years after the launch of the program, the metamorphosis of the city is already evident.
The facades of the « black » city are renovated. Major urban programs are underway and an ambitious public infrastructure policy is launched. For each of these facilities, a motto: the architectural quality. [wikipedia.org]