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Vitoria - Gasteiz, Agenda

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Agenda

Programme of main activities. Year 2006

Vitoria-Gasteiz offers the visitor a cosy image with its pedestrian streets, large green spaces, a restored medieval quarter and a wide variety of socio-cultural and sports activities. Besides the numerous parks and gardens, a green belt of parks on the fringes of the city has been created which are of ecological and landscape value and act as a genuine lung. These and other initiatives mean that it is considered to be one of the cities with the highest quality of life. In short, a city which entices you to stroll around its different areas.

Vitoria-Gasteiz has the green of its city parks and gardens, but also the colour of its stone. Its historic old quarter, declared a conjunto monumental – collection of historic buildings – in 1997, is one of the best preserved in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Special mention should be made of St. Mary’s Cathedral, which is undergoing a unique and pioneering executive plan of restoration that has been recognised by numerous awards and is, without doubt, the finest exponent of Gothic culture in our city. The Plaza de la Virgen Blanca (White Virgin) and the Neo-classical urban expansion area outside the old walled city, with the Plaza de España and los Arquillos, complete some of the emblematic reference points of the capital. The most important historical heritage of Vitoria-Gasteiz is concentrated in the latter two.

The city offers a full programme of cultural events, festivities and sports. The city enjoys an attractive agenda of activities throughout the year and also prestigious and renowned festivals such as the International Theatre Festival, International Jazz Festival, International Games Festival and the Early Music Week, etc.

Its variety of culture and music has been enriched by the opening in 2002 of the Artium Basque Museum Centre of Contemporary Art.

This publication gathers together the most noteworthy events to be held in the city during 2006....

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