Visit to the Provincial Council Hall & “Pintxos” in the Old Part of Bilbao
Date/Time
2016/09/16
5:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
Palacio Foral de la Diputación de Bizkaia
Categories
After the summer holiday, it is time to meet you all and welcome the new ones. Thus, we invite you to discover the Provincial Council Hall, the best example of eclecticism in Basque contemporary art. This building also holds the Provincial Government, executive body which assumes the government and administration of Bizkaia.
Building works began in 1890, under architect Luis Aladrén. The project satisfied the expectations of Bizkaia’s bourgeoisie, which wanted to show in its new HQ the territory’s economic strength and power. The great sumptuousness of the building matched perfectly that desire.
The palace’s inner part responds to the same decorative excessiveness. And it is a good example of the applied arts developed in that period in Bizkaia: marbles, wood, stucco, mirrors, plasters, vases, pottery, stained glass windows…
After this visit, we will walk to the Old Part of Bilbao, where the real Bilbao started, and we will enjoy some “pintxos” and drinks in a friendly atmosphere at a terrace.
- Date: Friday 16th September 2016
- Venue: Bilbao
- Meeting Place: Gran Vía D. Diego López De Haro, 25 Bilbao (Moyua Metro stop, Diputación Exit at 17:20. Please it is very important to be punctual because we have to enter the palace all together because of security reasons).
