Les meilleurs endroits à visiter au Pays basque

Basque Country Unmissables

The Basque Country showcases a transition from medieval history to cutting-edge design. Bilbao serves as an architectural hub with Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum and Santiago Calatrava’s Zubizuri bridge, complemented by contemporary sculptures by Jeff Koons and Louise Bourgeois. Beyond the city, the region features the 13th-century defensive Torre Monreal in Tudela, the Neo-Gothic Butroe Castle, and the 222-meter Salto del Nervión, the tallest waterfall in the Iberian Peninsula.

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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Museum of modern and contemporary art renowned for its innovative architecture by Frank Gehry, featuring works by artists such as Clyfford Still, Mark Rothko, and Richard Serra.

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Campo Volantin Bridge

The Zubizuri, also called the Campo Volantin Bridge or Puente del Campo Volantin, is a tied arch footbridge across the Nervion River in…

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Puppy

Twelve-meter-tall sculpture of a West Highland Terrier by Jeff Koons, covered in living flowers and equipped with an internal irrigation system.

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Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum is an art museum located in the city of Bilbao, Spain.

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Butroe's castle

Butroe is a castle located in Gatika, in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country.

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Church of San Nicolás de Bari

18th-century Baroque church located in Bilbao's Casco Viejo, featuring a distinctive octagonal interior and ornate altarpieces carved by Juan de Mena.