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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Bilbao

3 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near Bilbao.

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UNESCO sites in Bilbao

  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern SpainCultural · 1993 · 1 km

    A network of four Christian pilgrimage routes in northern Spain, the site is an extension of the Route of Santiago de Compostela, a serial site inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1993. The extension represents a net…

  • Vizcaya BridgeCultural · 2006 · 10 km

    Vizcaya Bridge straddles the mouth of the Ibaizabal estuary, west of Bilbao. It was designed by the Basque architect Alberto de Palacio and completed in 1893. The 45-m-high bridge with its span of 160 m, merges 19th-cent…

  • Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern SpainCultural · 1985 · 25 km

    Seventeen decorated caves of the Paleolithic age were inscribed as an extension to the Altamira Cave, inscribed in 1985. The property will now appear on the List as Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern S…

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