1. WHICH ARE THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND POLITICAL DIVISIONS OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY? Map showing the geographical and political divisions of the Basque Country

2. WHERE IS BILBAO LOCATED? Bilbao is located in the Northwest of Biscay 3. RIVERS This is the most important river in Bilbao 4. NERBIOI RIVER Its born in the province of Alava close to the limit of Burgos and it ends at the Cantabric sea. This river croses Bilbao . 5. SEA The Basque Countrys sea is the cantabric. CANTABRIC SEA BAY OF BISCAY 6. MOUNTAINS GORBEA 1.475 SOLLUBE 633 OIZ 1.026 IZARRAITZ 1.026 HERNIO 1.072 KODES 1.414 CASTILLO 1.436 TOLOO 1.267 ANBOTO 1.296 ARATZ 1.445 KAPILDUI 1.180 GANEKOGORTA 998 PAGASARRI 671 Mountais in BILBAO 7. MOUNTAINS Ganekogorta: is a mountain located in the south of Bilbao. It is 997m height. Artxanda:Its one of the two chains of mountains that delimit the municipality of Bilobao. It is the lowest one. (300m) Pagasarri: It is a mountain located in Bilbao, whose altitude is of 671 m. 8. ISLANDS IZARO 9. IZARO It is located in the Cantabric sea. It is next to Bermeo, a little village. The island is lengthened and with a triangular shape. In a war the island get deserted. Now a days there isnt anyone living there. 10. BEACHES - SOPELANA - BAKIO - MUNDAKA - BERMEO - LEKEITIO - LAGA - LAIDA 11. SURFING Bakio: There are two surf championship every year. The most important one: in winter, when the waves are bigger. Bakioko Surf Txapelketa Mundaka: There is a world championship in Mundaka every year. It said that is one of the best beaches for surfing in the world. 12. Laga: There is a little championship. It isnt very important, but some surfers say that is a very good beach for surfing. Sopelana: In this beach there are a lot of courses of surfing. 13. What type of climate is in Bilbao? The climate of Bilbao is oceanic. 14. What is the weather like in winter? In winter there are low temperatures and it is rainy. Snow its not very common in Bilbao but it is possible. 15. What is the weather like in summer? The temperatutes in Bilbao in summer are hot. They can reach 35. 16. THIS IS OUR SCHOOL Our school is located in the Artxanda mountain. We have very good views of Bilbao Our school Artxanda mountainGuggenheim 17. Past Present 18. 1400 Bilbao was founded 1600 Bilbao became the capital of Biscay 1936 The Spanish civil war started 1960 The terrorist organization ETA was born 1980 Bilbao suffered floods 1990 The Guggenhei m Museum was created 2000 The euro replaced the peseta 2011 The terrorist organisatio n ETA finished 19. When was Bilbao founded? Bilbao was one of the first towns that were founded in the fourteenth century. Then the lord of Biscay, Diego Lpez V of Haro, founded Bilbao. Diego Lopez V of Haro 20. THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR The Spanish Civil War was fought from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939 between the Republicans and the Nacionalists. The Republicans were the ones who formed the government in that time. The Nationalists prevailed, and Franco ruled Spain for the next 36 years, from 1939 until his death in 1975. WHO WAS FRANCO? Franco was the dictator of Spain 21. How did the Spanish Civil War affect Bilbao? On 31 August 1936, the city suffered the first bombing. On the next month, further bombings by German planes occurred, in coordination with Franco's forces. The battle lasted until 19 June of that year, when Lieutenant Colonel Putz was ordered to destroy all bridges over the estuary, and the troops of the 5th Brigade took the city from the mountains Malmasin, Pagasarri, and Arnotegi (mountains around Bilbao). 22. Guernica By Picasso Guernica is a painting by Pablo Picasso. It was created in response to the bombing of Guernica, a Basque Country village in northern Spain, by German and Italian warplanes, it happened on 26 April 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. GUERNICA 23. IN THE 1940s... When the war finished, Bilbao returned to its industrial development,also the population grew. In the 1940s, the city was rebuilt, starting with the bridges.Over the next decade, the iron industry came again. On 31 July 1959, the terrorist organization ETA was born in Bilbao. 24. ABOUT ETA... It is an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization. The group was founded in 1959. Since 1968, ETA has been held responsible for killing 829 people. These were some members of ETA speaking. 25. INDUSTRY In the 1950s, Bilbao Little by little turned was an industrial city. into a greener city 26. IN THE 1980s On the 26th August 1983, when Aste Nagusia was finishing. That night a very amount of water fell all over the Basque Country and caused floods. Destroyed more than 101 buildings, there were between 34 and 43 deaths and 5 missing. The first floods were in Gipuzkoa and then in Nafarroa, Biscay and Araba too. The Ibaizabal river overflowed about 5 metres. The water swamped the first floors of the old part of the city. Thanks of young people who joined the factory with the bridge, many people managed to scape unhurt. 27. IN THE 1990s The Bilbao Guggenheim Museum was opened. The museum carried a lot of tourists and the population of Bilbao increased. Also Bilbaos underground was opened. Frank Gehry Norman Foster 28. IN THE 2000s... Bilbao suffered a change, the Peseta was replaced by the Euro (like in the whole Spain) 29. IN 2011... In 2011 the terrorist band ETA stopped making attacks. Now, most of the members of the band are in prison. 30. HOW HAS IT CHANGED? Bilbao has become in a green city instead of being an industrial city as in the past. Now Bilbao has new monuments: before after Our football stadium: San Mames Iberdrola Tower. 31. HOW HAS IT CHANGED? 32. FOR MORE INFORMATION... Guggenheim: http://www.guggenheim-bilbao.es/ Bilbaos town hall: http://www.bilbao.net/ :http://www.google.es/maps/place/Bilbao/@43.2633235,- 2.9335644,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0xd4e4e27664b89b9:0x6 534acc41e95a645 33. BY: Ariane, Sara, Jone, Asier, Marcela and Alvaro. 34. POPULATION 349.356 people live in Bilbao. The official languages in Bilbao are Basque and Spanish. 35. RELIGION The official religion in Bilbao is Roman Catholisim, but as there are lots of foreigners, Islam, Judism and Buddhism are also practised. 36. FESTIVALS There are many festivals in Bilbao: Semana Grande Local festivals Artistic festivals 37. SEMANA GRANDE I Its Bilbao's main festival attracting over 100,000 people. It begins on the Saturday of the 3rd week of August each year, it lasts 9 days and it has been celebrated since 1978. 38. SEMANA GRANDE II Marijaia: Marijaia is the official symbol of the festival and since 1997 it has its own song called "Badator Marijaia. There are fireworks at night and during the day there are parades, also there are attractions and a lot of concerts. 39. LOCAL FESTIVALS I Olentzero is a Basque Christmas tradition. He is a coalman who comes to town at night on the 24th December to drop off presents for children. 40. LOCAL FESTIVALS II Saint Thomass day is celebrated on the 22nd December. In this day, some people dress up with typical Basque clothes, and they set up some stands in which they sell Basque cheese, meat, etc. They also sell talos, which are pancakes with chorizo. 41. ARTISTIC FESTIVALS For example the BBK live festival: Its a pop and rock music festival. We celebrate it in July in Bilbao. The festival is one of the most important of the state. Famous rock bands such as Coldplay have played here. 42. GASTRONOMY The Basque Countrys gastronomy is very varied; fish, meat, vegetables, etc. It has more Michelin stars than any other place in Spain and Portugal. Michelin stars are prizes that are given to the best cooks each year. There are some traditional small dishes called Pinchos 43. Gastronomy III Local Pintxos -Leak soup Porrusalda - Red peppers filled with tuna cream -Marmitako (Bread, potatoes, peppers and fish stew) -Cod - Crab and vegetables mixture 44. HAVE FUN IN BILBAO! 45. CULTURAL ISSUES II 46. SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS MUSIC GROUPS OSKORRI ESNE BELTZA KEN ZAZPI SOROTAN BELE 47. OSKORRI Oskorri is a folk band formed in the Basque Country in 1971, with songs such as Euskal Herrian Euskaraz becoming popular in the region. The group is formed by seven members. MOST POPULAR SONGS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej2XLHbfF-s (Euskal Herrian Euskaraz) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWgCAqPtjco ( Gora ta gora beti ) 48. ESNE BELTZA: The band's music is a mixture of reggae, ska and hip-hop along with trikitixa (a small acordion typical in the Basque Country) The group is formed by nine members. MOST POPULAR SONGS: o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMgba_Usk8E&list=PLG3sZ _8xpuaHaDMPWtPVHjvfnJEeuaOLV ( Ahantzi) o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHMjvwZJMZs (Lokarriak ) 49. KEN ZAZPI Ken Zazpi is a group of pop-rock music created in 1996 in Gernica. They sing all their songs in Basque, although they have also made versions of some of them in Catalan. ( The language of Catalua (a region of Spain) ) The group is formed by six members THE MOST POPULAR SONG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwgPX3XUnsc ( Ilargia) 50. SOROTAN BELE Sorotan Bele is a folk-tinged pop group. The group is formed by six members THE MOST POPULAR SONGS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMFc8bxqa7s ( Zortzi orduko ekaitza ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKm6DOawsWQ ( Amaren besoetan ) 51. TYPICAL BASQUE DANCES Basque dance is the folk typical of the Basque Country Types: Dantzari Dantza Sorgin Dantza Mutxikoak 52. DANTZARI DANTZA Dantzari Dantza is a well known cycle of dances of the local feast day, it is the custom to set up the traditional San Juan. 53. SORGIN DANTZA Sorgin Dantza from Oria (Gipuzkoa) is a comical or a burlesque dance that reach their peak in the Sorgin Dantza, or dance of the witches 54. MUTXIKOAK Mutxikoak is a popular dance of Basque Ancestors, which comes back stronger these days, as if the tradition could never been forgotten. It is danced in Euskadi 55. MUSEUMS In Bilbao there are lots of museums you can enjoy. You also can learn a lot. These are some museums in Bilbao you can see. 56. GUGGENHEIM BILBAO This is the best known museum. Its located in front of the Inlet of Bilbao and it has many sculptures. The scupltures you can see out of the museum are, for example, Puppy, the `little flowered dog and the spider. Inside it you can see thousands of artworks like the labyrinth or the paint cannon. It was designed by Frank Gehry. It has shipped form. 57. BELLAS ARTES This is the most important museum of paintings of Bilbao. There are paintings of famous painters. There are more than 7000 exemplaries. For. example, the great 'Retrato de la condesa Mathieu de Noailles and the mujer sentada con un nio en brazos WOMAN READING DOGS HUNTING 58. ARCHEOLOGIC MUSEUM OF BILBAO Here you can see lots of archeological ancient objects. For example: fossils, minerals, strange stones and remains of thousands of years ago. There are very strange and beautiful things. A boat Interactive maps Remains 59. THEATRES In Bilbao there are important and famous theatres. For example:Arriaga, Campos Eliseos, Euskalduna 60. THE ARRIAGA THEATRE It is on The Old Quarter and it is one of the oldest theatres on Bilbao. It is one of the biggest theatres of the city. There are also plays for children. 61. THE CAMPOS ELSEOS. There are plays for children too. This is the link of that theatre: http://www.teatrocampos.com/?lan g=eu 62. PALACIO EUSKALDUNA In this place there are concerts, expositions, plays, games, operas, concerts and lots of cultural things. http://www.euskalduna.net/ 63. THE IBERDROLA TOWER The Iberdrola tower is the tallast tower in Bilbao. It is made of glass and has 42 floors. There it is the Iberdrola energy industry and other offices. 64. ALHONDIGA. In this place there is a swimingpool, a library, a gym, a cinema and lots of more excellent things like the colums thttp://www.alhondigabilbao.com/euhings . 65. SPORTS THAT ARE PRACTISED IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY The sports that are practised in the Basque Country are called Herri Kirolak. There are a lot of sorts like: SOKA TIRA: A group of four or eight people with a total weight determined and above a rubber surface, is trying to pull the other team down with the rope . 66. AIZKORA:The aizkora is a modality that consist cutting as soon as possible one or several logs placed horizontally or vertically. 67. ARPANA: You have to cut trunks as fast as you can. Is a team compound by two people. 68. STONE LIFTING: A person using his own strength has to lift a stone from the ground to his shoulders. 69. TRANSPORT OF TXINGAS: is to carry two weights or "txingas", one in each hand, without limitation of time, as far as possible. 70. SEGALARIAK You have to cut as many kilograms of grass, using scythes in a meadow. 71. ATHLETIC http://www.athletic-club.net/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17iAvDJ7gKw&feat ure=kp They are known as Los Leones (The Lions) because their stadium was built near a church called San Mams (Saint Mammes). Mammes was a semi- legendary early Christian thrown to the lions by the Romans. Mammes pacified the lions and was later made a saint. The Athletic has the higer fans of all the clubs in fist division 72. ATHLETIC ATHEM 73. BILBAO BASKET http://www.bilbaobasket.biz/es/inicio.html Basket Bilbao Berri Club, known as Bilbao Basket is a basketball club from the city of Bilbao (Basque Country, Spain) which now forms part of the ACB. Founded on March 7, 2000 74. THE END