Plaza Nueva

The Plaza Nueva or Plaza Barria of is a monumental square of neoclassical style, designed in 1821 and inaugurated in 1851. Its name comes from the previously existing Plaza Vieja or Old Square in the place where the Ribera Market was built.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: town square in Bilbao, Spain
  • Also known as: “Plaza Barria”, “Plaza Nueva / Plaza Barria”, and “Plaza Nueva, Bilbao”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Euskaltzaindia’s headquarters and Teatro Arriaga.

Government building
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is a government building.

Theater building
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The , or Arriaga Antzokia in Basque, is an opera house located on the in , . It was built in Neo-Baroque style by architect Joaquín Rucoba in 1890, the same architect that built the . is situated 190 metres west of Plaza Nueva.

Museum
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The , with the original name of the Basque Archaeological, Ethnographic and Historical Museum, is a museum in , Spain. It opened its doors in 1921, occupying the ground floor of the baroque cloister of the old Colegio de San Andrés, which… is situated 130 metres southeast of Plaza Nueva.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bilbao la Vieja and Begoña.

Quarter
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in Spanish, "Old " in English and Bilbo Zaharra in Basque. It is a neighbourhood of and part of the 5th district of the city.

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

Quarter
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is a neighborhood of , Basque country, . It was originally a suburb south of the old walled town. Modernly it stands between this neighborhood and those of Solokoetxe, and the .

Plaza Nueva

Latitude
43.25907° or 43° 15′ 33″ north
Longitude
-2.92268° or 2° 55′ 22″ west
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Named after
novelty
Open location code
8CMV735G+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 133171870
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­pedestrian
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Geo­Names ID
11820445
Wiki­data ID
Q7203631
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Plaza Nueva” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Plaza Barria”
  • Basque: “Plaza Berria (Bilbo)”
  • Catalan: “Plaza Barria”
  • Chinese: “新廣場”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نيو سكوير”
  • Esperanto: “Nova Placo”
  • Italian: “plaza Nueva”
  • Portuguese: “Plaza Barria”
  • Slovenian: “Plaza Barria”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Nueva”

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