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Spain | Bilbao
 La Union y el Fenix |
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 The Puppy is a 43 foot flower-covered West Highland terrier by Jeff Koons guarding the Guggenheim since 1992 |  Watering the Puppy |
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 We had only stopped to get a morning coffee and came upon this beautiful assortment of sweet and savory bakery goods. Absolutely phenomenol! |  Oh my gosh! |  Check out the goodies |
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 Maybe you prefer savory |  Or just some bread |
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Initially the Church of San Nikolas was a hermitage that presided over the fishing neighborhood outside the town of Bilbao. It is dedicated to San Nikolas de Bari. Founded in 1490 floods left it completely in ruins and it had to be demolished. The current church was built in 1756. It had to close during tha War of Independence then in 1816 it was struck by lightening and in the Carlist Wars it was a military warehouse.Because of all these things it was not open to worship in the following periods of years 1808-1814, 1835-1841 and 1873-1879.
 The Church of San Jose de la Montana was erected as a parish church in 1970. It is a neo-Gothic style Catholic temple located in front of the square of the same name in Bilbao. |
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The Guggenheim is a museum of modern and contemporary art designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, and located in Bilbao in Basque Country, Spain. The museum was inaugurated in 1997 by King Juan Carlos l of Spain, with an exhibition of 250 contemporary works of art. Built alongside the Nervion River, it is one of the largest museums in Spain. It's construction helped to change the entire landscape of Bilbao and bring it from a little fishing village to the beautiful city it is today. The museum was the building most frequently named as one of the most important works completed since 1980 in the 2010 World Architecture Survey among architecture experts.
 The beauty of the Guggenheim |  Another view of the Guggenheim |  I LOVE this view of the building |
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 An interesting perspective |  The Sun and the Moon |
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The Guggenheim Spider named Maman is a monumental steel spider , almost 9 meters tall, by Louise Bourgeois. The creature has a sac containing 10 marble eggs located at its underbelly and its abdomen and thorax are made of ribbed bronze. The French word "maman" translates as mom or mommy, the apellation a child uses for his or her mother. Despite its fearsome appearance, the spider is a loving tribute to Bourgeois's mother, who passed away when she was 21 years old and who was a tapestry maker. It aims to reflect the powerful impact the artist's mother left on her, and alludes to her mother's strength, with metaphors of spinning, weaving, nurture and protection.
 Iberdrola is the Number 1 Energy Company in Spain |
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 A Key or Una Llave in Spanish. Different associations collborated on this project to celebrate No Violence Day on January 30, 2012. They adopted "The Key" as a symbol of free expression and the fight for coexistence and understanding |  This work pays tribute to the figure of the sirgueras (the rope girls), women who towed vessels along the estuary using only a rope and their own strength. |  The Nervion River runs through the city of Bilbao to the Cantabrian Sea. |
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Bilbao City Hall occupies the site of the old San Agustin convent which was destroyed during the First Carlist War. It was built in the late nineteenth century (1882) by the municipal arhitect Joaquin Rucoba. Built in the French Second Empire style, the building is noted for its horizontal, elegant and round lines, whose main facade features sculptures by Fiat and the team composing Garamendi, Basterra and Larrea. The luxurious interiors combine the Neo-Renaissance inspiration of the assembly hall, the lobby or the staircase with the exquisite Neo-Arab style of the reception room, the work of Jose Soler, a local craftsman.
 The River with another bridge |  View from the Downtown Park |  Going to School in Bilbao |
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 A Door to St Nicholas Church |  Another View of the Church |
 About Bilbao |  The Bilbao-Abando railway station serves as the terminus station for several long and medium distance services operated by Renfe as well as commuter rail services within the Bilbao metropolitan area operated by Cercanias. The stations has direct access to Metro Bilbao and to the tram, as well as many local and regional bus lines. The Stained Glass facade is amazing and well-preserved. |  A Beautiful City |
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 The Matter of Time is Richard Serra's most complete work on the physicality of space and the nature of sculpture.The entirety of the room is part of the sculptural field. The artist purposefully organizes the work to move the viewer through it and its surrounding space. The passages of space are distinctly different-----narrow and wide, compressed and elongated, modest and towering---and always unanticipated. |  Yayoi Kusama ia a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation. Her work is based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, Art Brut, pop art and abstract expressionism. She has been acknowledged as one of the most important living artists to come out of Japan. She was born on March 22, 1929. |  More of Yayoi Kusama |
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 Yayoi Kusama |  Yayoi Kusama - furniture of hands and grapes |
 Metal Sculpture by Pablo Picasso |  |
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When you look at Little Girl Jumping Rope you can see that she is, like many of Picasso's other early 1950's assemblages, comprised from a wonderful array of found or foraged or scavenged objects. His partner at the time, Francois Gilot, recalled that on his daily walks to the studio, he would often stop to go through trash bins looking for materials to include in his works. And so among his finds that made it into Little Girl Jumping Rope, you can see, for instance, that her torso is comprised of a basket and her face is made from a discarded, oval-shaped chocolate box. With this sculpture, Picasso came close to accomplishing the impossible. He managed to make a sculpture that almost doesn't touch the ground and that defies gravity.
 Note that the legs are made from screws. He used what he could find for his art expression |  Another Picasso Sculpture |
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Pablo Ruiz Picasso (Malaga, October 25, 1881 - April 8, 1973 was a Spanish painter and sculptor. He is considered, since the beginning of the 20th century as one of the greatest painters who participated in the varied artistic movements that spread thoughout the world and exerted a great influence on other great artists of his time. He tackeled other genres such as drawing, engraving, book illustration, sculpture, ceramics, and set and costume design for theatrical productions. He also has a brief literary work. There is much written on him and his very interesting life. If you are interested it would be worth your while to look him up.
 Victor Montes Restaurant |  Mom and Shannon at Victor Montes |  All of Us Having Dinner Together |
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