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Ondarroa

Country:
Spain
State:
Pais Vasco
City:
Ondarroa
Type of Location:
Multiple
About Location

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Places to Visit
How to Reach

By air

Nearest airports to Ondarroa are sorted by the distance to the airport from the city centre.

    Bilbao Airport (distanced approximately 40 km)
    San-Sebastian Airport (distanced approximately 51 km)
    Vitoria Airport (distanced approximately 54 km)
    Biarritz/anglet Airport (distanced approximately 74 km)
    Itxassou Airport (distanced approximately 81 km)

Key places to visit
Church of Santa Maria, Tower House Likona, Aurra Itsas Bridge, Old Town Hall, Old Church, Bridge to the beach

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Places to Visit

Church of Santa Maria

Church of Santa Maria, late Gothic though it can not be located in the Basque Gothic, dates from 1462 or 1480, the style sculptures characterize the Burgundian that crown, popularly known as kortxeleku mamuak and a series of gargoyles and rosettes. The walls are traveled by a floral border motifs and animals on which rises a crest with geometric motifs. The interior has a plateresque reredos, which covers other made of stone Gothic. It was built over the river and its base Artibai has the rings where the ships docked. It is surrounded by a promenade called korreta.

Tower House Likona

Likona The tower house is a medieval town located in the Bilbao of Ondarroa in the Basque Country , located on the main street or the village Kale Nagusia and presents characteristics of the stately buildings of the late Middle Ages.Building a cube-free solid-looking, with a vertical development reaching fourteen feet in the East Side and is reduced due to the slope of the land on which it stands, to eight meters in the west part.

Aurra Itsas Bridge

Bridge or Itxas Aurra Aurra Itsas, popularly known as Calatrava bridge is a bridge built by the architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava. Located in the town of Bizkaia of Ondarroa in the Basque Country.Aurra Itsas Bridge is built of steel and the river crosses the river Artibai way it flows into the sea of Biscay is 70 meters long and is the port access road to the resort, one of the most important fishing ports in the country Basque.

Old Town Hall

Old Town Hall, adjoining the church of Santa Maria, is a Tuscan building late nineteenth century.

Old Church

Old Church Our Lady of great veneration by the ondarreses. Dating from the twelfth century but has undergone major reforms in 1750 and mid-twentieth century the tower was added today.

Bridge to the beach

Bridge to the beach or small dog rotary pedestrian bridge, so that ships can pass to the docking area in the estuary. In the beginning was the toll was paid 5 cents (coin of "penny") to pass. It was built in 1927 by the Provincial Council of Vizcaya by "the importance in modern life is given to the Beach" according to project engineer Jose Gonzalez Langarica approved in 1925. The company built a Deusto. The bridge weighs 23 tons, is made of steel, cast iron and wood. It relies on two circular columns of concrete, covered with stone. In the end nearest the town stood the house of maneuver and toll collection. After several changes lost original railing and the shelter was dismantled and the opening operation one side fixed to the ground. It has also been named Alfonso XIII rotating walkway. It is the only of its kind in Spain and the few in Europe. It is billed as a World Cultural Monument to the category.
 

Right Time to Visit

August - December

Temperature

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