The City Hall of the borough of

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, is located on the right bank of the

Estuary of Bilbao The Estuary of Bilbao (Spanish: ''Ría de Bilbao'' / Basque: ''Bilboko Itsasadarra'') lies at the common mouth of the rivers Nervion, Ibaizabal and Cadagua, which drain most of Biscay and part of Alava in the Basque Country, Spain. In this insta ...

across the

Puente del Ayuntamiento The City Hall Bridge (; ), formerly known as the Begoña Bridge (), is a bascule bridge on the estuary of Bilbao, connecting the districts of on the right and Abando on the left. History At the end of the 1920s, Bilbao expanded from the estu ...

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that links it to the central

Abando Abando, formerly known as ''San Vicente de Abando'', is one of the eight districts of Bilbao, Basque Country (Spain). It covers most of the city's centre, located on the left bank of the estuary of Bilbao. It is the only district of Bilbao with ...

district. The building was built in 1892 by

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, on the former site of a convent in the district of

Uribarri Uribarri is the second district of the city of Bilbao (Biscay), in the Spanish Basque Country. It is divided into the neighbourhoods of Castaños, Matico-Ciudad Jardín, Uríbarri proper and Zurbaran-Arabella. It has an area of 4.19 square kil ...

. It was built in

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style. One of the highlights of the building is the Arab Hall, a richly decorated hall in the

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style that resembles the decorations found in the

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. The hall is used for official receptions and weddings. Before 1890, the

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was located in a building inside the

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