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Guggenheim Bilbao

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Guggenheim Museum: This grand icon, designed by Frank Gehry, is among the most important buildings of 20th-century architecture. Guarding its doors is "Puppy," a work by Jeff Koons. This imposing 12-meter, 15-ton West Highland terrier boasts a coat of nearly 40,000 flowering plants.

The work of architect Frank Gehry was inaugurated in 1997 and has since received millions of visitors from around the world. Its curvilinear and twisting forms leave no one indifferent. Covered in limestone, glass, and, above all, titanium plates, it gives an organic, fish-scale appearance. Its 24,000 square meters also feature a large atrium where the twenty galleries that make up the museum converge.

We recommend visiting the museum, which doesn't have a single flat surface in its entire structure. You can also enjoy some of the art from the outside, as several sculptures are located at street level, such as Louise Bourgeois's spider-shaped "Mama" or Jeff Koons's "Tulips."

https://www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/

Guggenheim Bilbao

Guggenheim Bilbao

Guggenheim Bilbao

*In three images, we can recognize an exterior view of the museum and the Bilbao estuary, the interior of the museum in one of its rooms and Pupi, a huge dog made of flowers that guards the main entrance, respectively.

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