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Encyclopedia > Portugalete
Puente Colgante
Puente Colgante

Portugalete is a port city lying to the west of Bilbao (Basque: Bilbo) in the province of Vizcaya in Spain. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 844 KB)The Colgante Bridge in Portugalete (Spain) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 844 KB)The Colgante Bridge in Portugalete (Spain) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Cityscape of Bilbao, with the Guggenheim Museum on the bottom right Bilbao from satellite (NASA World Wind Landsat) Bilbao (Basque: Bilbo) is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Pais Vasco and the capital of the province of Vizcaya (Basque: Bizkaia). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Vizcaya province Vizcaya (Basque Bizkaia) is a province of northern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ...


The city is also famously known for the Puente Colgante, a unique river crossing. The car ferry is suspended from a frame by wires attached to wheels on tracks above the cabin and moves from from one side of the River Nervión to the other via a traction system. The river Nervión runs through the city of Bilbao, Spain into the Bay of Biscay. ... Traction is applied mechanical force used to achieve motion. ...


The renowned Villa de Portugalete area is famous locally for housing many wealthy and highly-regarded people.


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Portugalete, web de turismo (733 words)
Born in the family's ancestral home in Muñatones (Muskiz) in 1399, his life was closely linked to the town of Portugalete, where he was the provost until his death in 1476.
As a person, he was a man of immense political, financial and territorial power, who resorted to the use of force to further his own ends.
He was subsequently imprisoned by his sons in the Tower de la Sierra (Portugalete), where he was poisoned to death in 1476.
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