BILBAO

bēlbäˈō, city (1990 pop. 383,798), capital of Vizcaya prov., N Spain, in the Basque country, on both banks of the Nervión River, near the Bay of Biscay. A leading Spanish port and commercial center since the 19th cent., it is at the heart of an important industrial area with iron mines nearby. Its banks make it a financial center. Steel, chemicals, and ships are the chief manufactures, though they have declined. Bilbao is also a center for high technology firms. It has a subway, an opera house, and several museums, including the Museum of Fine Art; the Basque Archaeological, Ethnographical, and Historical Museum; and the spectacular Guggenheim Museum (1997). Founded c.1300 on the site of an ancient settlement, Bilbao flourished because of a wool export trade in the 15th and 16th cent. In the 19th cent. it was besieged by the Carlists three times. In the Spanish civil war, Bilbao was the seat of the Basque autonomous government from 1936 until its capture (1937) by the Nationalists.

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books on: Bilbao  - 1202 results

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Amerikanuak: Basques in the New World
Book by William A. Douglass, Jon Bilbao; University of Nevada Press, 1975
Subjects: Basques--America--History
...World by William A. Douglass and Jon Bilbao AMERIKANUAK BASQUES IN THE NEW WORLD...Sons, Inc., 1975 BOOKS BY JON BILBAO Eusko-Bibliographia Editorial...WORLD William A. Douglass and Jon Bilbao UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS RENO...
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Cultural Planning, an Urban Renaissance?
Book by Graeme Evans; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Art And State, Arts And Society, Arts Facilities, City Planning
...cultural capitals, such as Guggenheim Bilbao. Barcelona and Baltimore have been emulated...for the first time, such as Guggenheim Bilbao, to established industrial cities also...flagships and cultural quarters. Whilst Bilbao is celebrated as the new cultural tourism...
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Culture Incorporated: Museums, Artists, and Corporate Sponsorships
Book by Mark W. Rectanus; University of Minnesota Press, 2002
Subjects: Art Patronage, Arts--Economic Aspects, Corporate Sponsorship, Corporate Sponsorship--Germany--Case Studies, Germany--Cultural Policy, Museums--Economic Aspects
...version of chapter 6 appeared as New York-Bilbao-Berlin and Back: The Global Museum and...Democratic Republic GMB Guggenheim Museum Bilbao KMW Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg KPMG an...Museum (through satellites in New York; Bilbao, Spain; and Berlin) with respect to...
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The Basque History of the World
Book by Mark Kurlansky; Walker, 1999
Subjects: Basques, Pays Basque (France)
...that as well. ACCORDING TO A popular Bilbao joke, a Bilbaino walks into a store and asks for "a world map of Bilbao." The shop owner unflinchingly answers...Boston enjoyed a flourishing trade with Bilbao. John Adams ascribed the prosperity...
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Waterfronts in Post Industrial Cities
Book by Richard Marshall; Spon Press, 2001
Subjects: Urban Renewal, Waterfronts
...4 Remaking the image of the city: Bilbao and Shanghai 53...6 New millennium Bilbao 86 Alfonso...7.8, 7.15, 7.16 Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao Cover photograph Loeb Library Special...
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journal articles on: Bilbao  - 176 results

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The Narrative Limits of the Global Guggenheim
Journal article by Dina Smith; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 35, 2002
Subjects: Architecture--Economic aspects, Arts--Economic aspects, Globalization--Influence, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain, Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York, Potrc, Marjetica--Exhibitions, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, New York), Women artists--Exhibitions
...Guggenheim New York and the Guggenheim Bilbao to theories of globalization, asking how...years later, th e celebrated Guggenheim Bilbao also captivates spectators, but in a radically...Frank Gehrys latest work, the Guggenheim Bilbao, in the Basque region of Spain, part of...
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Visiting Museums at Home and in Classrooms
Journal article by Nancy S. Maldonado, Mariann P. Winick; Childhood Education, Vol. 81, 2005
Subjects: Artful Architecture: The Getty Center and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Video recording), Citizen Barnes: An American Dream (Video recording), Educational videos, Eric Carle: Picture Writer (Video recording), From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Video recording), Illustrators, Instructional materials--Product/Service Evaluations, Museums--Product/Service Evaluations, Please Don't Eat The Pictures (Video recording), Sister Wendy's Grand Tour: Discovering Europe's Great Art (Video recording), Teaching--Equipment and supplies, Teaching--Product/Service Evaluations, The Much Loved Friend? Portrait of the National Gallery (Video recording), The Walls of Mexico: Luis Barragan (Video recording), Video tapes in education
...Getty Center and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. 2003. 29 Minutes. DVD/VIDEO. This two-part...Frank Gehry, who designed the Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain. The Getty Center houses special...levels. The unique Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, made of limestone and titanium...
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Formed and Forming: Contemporary Museum Architecture
Journal article by Susanna Sirefman; Daedalus, Vol. 128, 1999
Subjects: Museum architecture--Analysis, Museums--Design and construction, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York--Buildings, facilities, etc.
...museum building, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. This new building has raised the bar...hugely successful icon for the city of Bilbao. Part of a larger urban revitalization...reclaiming the waterfront and reformulating Bilbaos cultural and tourism infrastructure, the...
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The Romance on Nomadism: a Series of Reflections
Journal article by Carol Becker; Art Journal, Vol. 58, 1999
Subjects: Art, Arts festivals, Cultural relations, Globalization
...came into question. The Guggenheim Bilbao also presents interesting complexities about the experience of traveling to Bilbao to see U.S.-curated exhibitions in...brings an international audience to Bilbao but stands apart from its cultural...
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Trenes, Estaciones Y Puertos: El Trafico de Mercancias de la CIA del Norte, 1876-1930
Journal article by Javier Vidal Olivares; The Journal of Transport History, Vol. 20, 1999
...del Norte, 1876-1930, Gobierno Vasco, Bilbao (1997), 190 pp., 3,000 pesetas (US$20...particular Barcelona, Santander, Pasajes and Bilbao) are studied. The carriage of freight...that the company controlled Santander and Bilbao (or Pasajes, the port which serves it...
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magazine articles on: Bilbao  - 284 results

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First We Take Bilbao
Magazine article by Robin Cembalest; Artforum International, Vol. 36, September 1997
Subjects: Art museums--Remodeling, restoration, etc., Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain--Remodeling, restoration, etc.
First we take Bilbao by Robin Cembalest Last...finishing touches on the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, local booksellers were offering two accounts...heart of Basque country. One, Guggenheim Bilbao: Cronica de una Seduccion (Guggenheim...
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Undiscovered Bilbao: Beyond the Guggenheim Museum Lies a Many-Faceted City Worth Getting to Know
Magazine article by Marisa Bartolucci; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 286, October 2000
Subjects: Bilbao, Spain--Description and travel, Spain--Description and travel
Undiscovered Bilbao: Beyond the Guggenheim Museum Lies a Many-Faceted...by Marisa Bartolucci THESE days Bilbao has become a destination for travel sophisticates...this represents a missed opportunity. Bilbao is the kind of city that many travelers...
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Travel - Undiscovered Bilbao
Magazine article by Marisa Bartolucci; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 286, October 2000
Subjects: Bilbao, Spain--Description and travel
Travel - Undiscovered Bilbao. by Marisa Bartolucci...city worth getting to know THESE days Bilbao has become a destination for travel...this represents a missed opportunity. Bilbao is the kind of city that many travelers...
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The Guggenheim in Bilbao
Magazine article by Michael J. Lewis; New Criterion, Vol. 17, June 1999
Subjects: Art museums--Design and construction, Bilbao, Spain--Galleries and museums, Gehry, Frank--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain--Evaluation
The Guggenheim in Bilbao by Michael J. Lewis Since...October 1997, the new Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, has been greeted with giddy and...More than is usually the case, the Bilbao Guggenheim is as much the creation of...
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The Bilbao Effect: Public Competitions for Architectural Commissions Don't Necessarily Produce the Best Buildings
Magazine article by Witold Rybczynski; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 290, September 2002
Subjects: Architects--Competitions, Architectural design--Criticism and interpretation, Architecture, Modern--Buildings and facilities, Architecture--Media coverage, Art museums, Bilbao, Spain, Gehry, Frank--Works, Le Corbusier--Works, Modern architecture--Buildings and facilities, Museums--Design and construction, Structural design--Analysis
The Bilbao Effect: Public Competitions for Architectural...never quite the same. Frank O. Gehrys Bilbao Guggenheim is equally iconoclastic. With...Todays public definitely knows about the Bilbao Guggenheim; since its opening, in 1997...
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Bilbao Wow Wow; Mailtravel
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), October 4, 2009
Subjects: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, New York)
Bilbao Wow Wow; Mailtravel. Byline: BRIDEGET MC GRATHER Ship...Frank Gehrys Guggenheim Museum has put the Basque city of Bilbao on the map. Since opening in 1997, the Guggenheim effect...sculptures as well as rotating exhibitions. Puppy love? BILBAO A huge floral topiary of a West Highland terrier by Jeff...
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Travel: Posh Nosh on Fancy-Pants Menu; Gilly Pickup Tries Some Gastronomic Delights in Bilbao, and Discovers the 'Wow' Factor
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), August 9, 2008
...Pickup Tries Some Gastronomic Delights in Bilbao, and Discovers the Wow Factor. Byline...laden countryside a few miles outside Bilbao, the regions capital and formerly down-at-heel...glass and Spanish limestone in 1997, Bilbao, Spains fourth-largest city, decided the...
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Football: Happy Villa Turn Corner; Aston Villa 2 Bilbao 1 (Agg 2-1)
Newspaper article by John Curtis; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), November 5, 1997
...Happy Villa Turn Corner; Aston Villa 2 Bilbao 1 (Agg 2-1). by John Curtis...form behind them to overpower Athletic Bilbao at Villa Park. Villa had entered the...outstanding game up front and causing the Bilbao defence all sorts of problems with his...
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Weekender Travel: Get Gugg Vibrations; FINE ART, FIESTAS .. AND FISH SOUP - IAIN MAYHEW'S GUIDE TO BILBAO
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), March 5, 2005
...AND FISH SOUP - IAIN MAYHEWS GUIDE TO BILBAO. Byline: IAIN MAYHEW IT used to...The Guggenheim Museum has transformed Bilbao, in northern Spain into a true city of...Obviously, the Guggenheim (www.guggenheim-bilbao.es) should be top of your list. Completed...
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Returning to Euro Fray against Bilbao
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), August 3, 2006
Returning to Euro Fray against Bilbao. Boro have embarked on a European...tri-team tournament in Cologne. ATHLETIC Bilbao are the first continental opposition Boro...handle in Mays UEFA Cup final. Like Boro, Bilbao are in transition after changing managers...
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encyclopedia articles on: Bilbao  - 13 results

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Bilbao
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BILBAO belba o, city (1990 pop. 383,798), capital of Vizcaya...are the chief manufactures, though they have declined. Bilbao is also a center for high technology firms. It has a subway...Founded c.1300 on the site of an ancient settlement, Bilbao flourished because of a wool export trade in the 15th and...
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Unamuno, Miguel De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
UNAMUNO, MIGUEL DE megel da oonamoo no, 1864 1936, Spanish philosophical writer, of Basque descent, b. Bilbao. The chief Spanish philosopher of his time, he was professor of Greek at the Univ. of Salamanca and later rector there. His criticism...
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Basque Country
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...name also applies to other territories largely inhabited by Basques: Spanish Navarre and Basses-Pyrenees dept. in France.) Bilbao , capital of Vizcaya prov., is the largest Basque city and one of the chief industrial centers of Spain. Other cities include...
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Biscay, Bay Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...shore is straight and sandy. The chief ports are Brest, Saint-Nazaire, La Rochelle, and Bayonne in France and San Sebastian, Bilbao, and Santander in Spain. Nantes and Bordeaux, at the head of the Loire and Garonne estuaries, respectively, in France, are also...
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ZumalacÁrregui, TomÁs De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...he distinguished himself as master of both regular and irregular warfare. He was undefeated until his death in the siege of Bilbao (1835). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press...
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