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The Mercado de la Ribera (Ribera Market) is a market square in Bilbao, the capital of the Basque Province of Viscay in the north of Spain. It is on the right bank of the Nervion River, next to Casco Viejo. Its built area of 10,000 square metres (110,000 sq ft) makes it the biggest covered market in Europe.
The area is probably the most colorful part of Bilbao, including many shops and taverns, several historical churches (San Antón, Santos Juanes, the Cathedral, San Nicolás), a large food retail market ( Mercado de la Ribera), the public Arriaga Theatre, the seat of the Academy of the Basque Language (Euskaltzaindia), a ball court, and a public library.
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Plaza Nueva of Bilbao. The Plaza Nueva or Plaza Barria ('New Square') of Bilbao is a monumental square of Neoclassical style built in 1821. Its name comes from the previously existing Plaza Vieja or Old Square in the place where the Ribera Market was built. The square is enclosed by arcaded buildings and accessed by arches known as cuevas (caves
In 1883, the government authorized the Bilbao City Council to use the location to build a new city hall, the council was previously based in Old Town. [2] The plaza was formerly known as Primo de Rivera plaza, its name was changed to Ernesto Erkoreka plaza on 4 June 1980, after Ernesto Erkoreka, former mayor of Bilbao and republican politician. [1]
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Line 3 of the Bilbao metro is a rapid transit line in Biscay, Basque Country, Spain.It is 5.9 km (3.7 mi) long and connects Etxebarri and the Uribarri and Otxarkoaga-Txurdinaga districts in Bilbao with the city center.
Downstream from Bilbao the river divides its metropolitan area into its left bank (Barakaldo, Sestao, Portugalete and Santurtzi) and right bank (Erandio, Leioa and Getxo). Map of the Estuary, to the west the Bay of Biscay and the port docks, to the east the city of Bilbao. To the north is the right bank and to the south the left bank.