Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

The Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basque Country-Artium Museoa is a contemporary art museum located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the province of Álava in northern Spain. Designed by the architect José Luis Caton, it is owned by the Provincial Council of Álava and opened 26 April 2002 and its director is Daniel Castillejo. The Museum was a created by the initiative of the Provincial Council of Alava, which is the owner of most of the works that are in the museum, and it's the owner of the building too. The aim of this museum is to develop the critical view of the society and to make Alava be associated with art and culture.

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The convent of Santa Cruz is located between Calle de la Pintorería, Calle de San Vicente de Paúl and the canton of Santa María, within the historic centre of the Spanish city of Vitoria. Its architecture has Gothic-Renaissance characteristics and since its foundation in the sixteenth century it has been inhabited without interruption by a community of cloistered Dominican nuns, being the oldest preserved monastery in Vitoria and with religious life.

Wikipedia: Convento de Santa Cruz (Vitoria) (ES)

The Cathedral of Santa María de Vitoria is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic cathedral located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque country, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1931 and a World Heritage Site in 2015.

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The Church of Santa María is a Catholic parish church in Vitoria built in the Gothic style in the fourteenth century and annexed to the Cathedral of Santa María, or Old Cathedral, of which it was originally the Chapel of Santiago.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de Santa María (Vitoria) (ES)

The Museum of Natural Sciences of Álava is located in the Torre de Doña Ochanda, a medieval building in the historic center of the city of Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain. It exhibits important geological, botanical and zoological collections from multiple sources.

Wikipedia: Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava (ES)

The Church of San Pedro Apóstol is a medieval church located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It was built in the late 13th and early 14th centuries as a fortress church due to its location next to the city walls. The construction of the current tower started in 1708, while the southern portico was added in 1897.

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The Villa Suso Palace is a building located in Vitoria, capital of Álava.

Wikipedia: Palacio de Villa Suso (ES)

The Church of San Vicente Mártir is a church located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1984.

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The Church of San Miguel is a church located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1995.

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The convent of San Antonio, whose true invocation is of La Purísima Concepción, is located in the pedestrian Plaza del General Loma in the Spanish city of Vitoria. Built in the seventeenth century in classicist baroque style, it is inhabited by a community of Poor Clare nuns, the church functioning as a parish of regular worship.

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The Cathedral of María Inmaculada de Vitoria (Basque: Maria Sortzez Garbiaren katedrala, Spanish: Catedral de María Inmaculada de Vitoria, usually known as "The new Cathedral" is a Neogothic-style, Roman Catholic cathedral located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque country, Spain. It was built in the first half of the 20th century.

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The Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art of Álava is located in the ambulatory space of the Cathedral of Mary Immaculate in the city of Vitoria, Álava. Its access is through the south door of the Cathedral's transept, facing Monseñor Cadena y Eleta Street and Florida Park. Since July 2022 it has a new official website with useful information, easy to access, with historical and didactic data thanks to very intuitive navigation.

Wikipedia: Museo Diocesano de Arte Sacro de Álava (ES)

La Florida is a park in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Spain. It was built between 1820 and 1855 in neoclassical style by the architects Angel Chavez, Juan De Velasco, Ramón Ortés De Velasco and Manuel Arana. The birth of Florida is dated 1820 when they built the existing ring that surrounds the music kiosk. For the actual 32,454 square meters land used the former convent of Santa Clara, and as much as planners have insisted later, there is nothing similar in the new green spaces in Vitoria.

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The Armory Museum of Álava, located on the Paseo de Fray Francisco and adjacent to the Palace of Ajuria Enea in the city of Vitoria (Álava) Spain, exhibits weapons, uniforms and various objects related to the war activities of various periods and cultures, from Prehistory to the beginning of the twentieth century. Of its sections, the one dedicated to the Battle of Vitoria in 1813, in the context of the Spanish War of Independence, is particularly interesting.

Wikipedia: Museo de Armería de Álava (ES)

The Palace of Ajuria Enea is a building in Vitoria-Gasteiz, northern Spain. It is the official residence of the Lehendakari.

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The Museum of Fine Arts of Álava is located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque Country, Spain. The museum is dedicated to Spanish art from the 18th to the 20th century, and particularly to Basque art from the 1850–1950 period. Opened in 1942, it is located at the Augustin Zulueta Palace.

Wikipedia: Museo de Bellas Artes de Álava (EN)