Plaza de Don Federico Moyua

Plaza de Don Federico Moyua is a square in Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country. Plaza de Don Federico Moyua is situated nearby to the government building Chavarri Palace, as well as near the neighborhood Uribitarte.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Moyúa and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

Moyúa

Park

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Moyúa, or Elliptic Square, is a public square located in the center of Bilbao's extension, in the district of Abando. The square was conceived in 1876 as a central hub in the middle of Gran Vía de Don Diego López de Haro avenue, from where the main eight streets depart in radius-like shape and was merely called Elliptic Square because of its form.

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Museum

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The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Bilbao, Biscay, Spain. It is one of several museums affiliated to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is situated 610 metres north of Plaza de Don Federico Moyua.

Chavarri Palace

Government building

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The Chavarri Palace is a building in the Flemish style in the city of Bilbao, the most outstanding around the Moyúa Square. It was built in the early 20th century and its style resembles the palaces built during the Renaissance in Antwerp or Bruges.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uribitarte and Abandoibarra.

Uribitarte

Neighborhood

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Uribitarte is a neighborhood.

Abandoibarra

Neighborhood

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Abandoibarra is an area of the city of Bilbao, Spain, located next to the estuary in the neighborhood of Abando. After the process of deindustrialization experienced by the town since the mid-1990s, Abandoibarra became the central axis of urban regeneration in the city, continuing today in Zorrotzaurre.