Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo is a quarter in Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country. Santo Domingo is situated nearby to the locality Gabai, as well as near Gaztaneko Landa.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Iturritxualde and Mount Artxanda.

Iturritxualde

Peak

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Iturritxualde is a peak.

Mount Artxanda

Social service facility

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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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ocharcoaga and Begoña.

Ocharcoaga

Quarter

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Ocharcoaga is a quarter.

Begoña

Quarter

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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.