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| | Bilbao | Historical Background | WCities Destination Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | Long ago, Bilbao was just a village with a tiny port on the right bank of the estuary where fishermen, farmers, and a noble family or two lived. |
 | | But despite everything Bilbao has always had a special charm and we can find plenty of traces of magnificent times, such as the Teatro Arriaga, Hospital Civil de Basurto, the Alhóndiga or the mansions and palaces of Neguri. |
 | | The Bilbao of today is growing in a new direction and, like the phoenix from the flames, it seems to be glowing with a new brilliance. |
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