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'''Biscay''' ([[Basque language|Basque]]: ''Bizkaia'', [[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Vizcaya'') is a province in the [[Basque country]], [[Spain]] located just south of the [[Bay of Biscay]].<ref>https://www.britannica.com/place/Vizcaya-province-Spain</ref>
== Vizcaya Bridge ==
Vizcaya Bridge straddles the mouth of the Ibaizabal estuary, west of [[Bilbao]]. It was designed by the Basque architect Alberto de Palacio and completed in 1893. The 45-m-high bridge with its span of 160 m, merges 19th-century ironworking traditions with the then new lightweight technology of twisted steel ropes. It was the first bridge in the world to carry people and traffic on a high suspended gondola and was used as a model for many similar bridges in Europe, Africa and America only a few of which survive. With its innovative use of lightweight twisted steel cables, it is regarded as one of the outstanding architectural iron constructions of the Industrial Revolution.<ref>http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1217</ref>
== See also ==
*[[List of World Heritage Sites in Europe and North America]]
== External Links ==
*[http://web.bizkaia.eus/eu Official website of the province of Biscay]
*[http://www.mybilbaobizkaia.eus/portada/index.asp?Idioma=3 Website of the province of Biscay]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:World Heritage Sites]]
== Vizcaya Bridge ==
Vizcaya Bridge straddles the mouth of the Ibaizabal estuary, west of [[Bilbao]]. It was designed by the Basque architect Alberto de Palacio and completed in 1893. The 45-m-high bridge with its span of 160 m, merges 19th-century ironworking traditions with the then new lightweight technology of twisted steel ropes. It was the first bridge in the world to carry people and traffic on a high suspended gondola and was used as a model for many similar bridges in Europe, Africa and America only a few of which survive. With its innovative use of lightweight twisted steel cables, it is regarded as one of the outstanding architectural iron constructions of the Industrial Revolution.<ref>http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1217</ref>
== See also ==
*[[List of World Heritage Sites in Europe and North America]]
== External Links ==
*[http://web.bizkaia.eus/eu Official website of the province of Biscay]
*[http://www.mybilbaobizkaia.eus/portada/index.asp?Idioma=3 Website of the province of Biscay]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:World Heritage Sites]]