Agirleta / Santo Domingo Mediumwave Transmitter

Agirleta / Santo Domingo Mediumwave Transmitter is a communication center in Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country. Agirleta / Santo Domingo Mediumwave Transmitter is situated nearby to the social service facility Mount Artxanda, as well as near the quarter Begoña.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Artxanda and Teatro Arriaga.

Mount Artxanda

Social service facility

Photo: Pere prlpz, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mount Artxanda is one of the two small mountain ranges that delimit the municipality of Bilbao, the other one being Pagasarri. Of the two, it is the lower one, the closer one to the center of the city, and the one that has suffered from more intense urbanization. Mount Artxanda is situated 1 km northwest of Agirleta / Santo Domingo Mediumwave Transmitter.

Teatro Arriaga

Theater building

Photo: Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.

The Teatro Arriaga, or Arriaga Antzokia in Basque, is an opera house located on the Nervión River in Bilbao, Spain. It was built in Neo-Baroque style by architect Joaquín Rucoba in 1890, the same architect that built the city hall. Teatro Arriaga is situated 2 km southwest of Agirleta / Santo Domingo Mediumwave Transmitter.

Basilica of Begoña

Church

Photo: Zarateman, CC0.

The Basilica of Begoña is a basilica in Bilbao, in Spain, dedicated to the patroness saint of Biscay, the image of Our Lady of Begoña. The current parish priest is Jesús Francisco de Garitaonandia. Basilica of Begoña is situated 1½ km south of Agirleta / Santo Domingo Mediumwave Transmitter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Begoña and Ocharcoaga.

Begoña

Quarter

Photo: Fernandopascullo, CC BY 2.5.

Begoña is a historical municipality of Biscay and is a neighbourhood and urban district of Bilbao. Begoña, or more puristically but also more rarely spelled Begoina, means 'the lower foot', referring to the slopes of Mount Artxanda which lie to the north of the city.