Deusto
Deusto ( also Deustu in Basque ) is a former Vicaya Elizate and a district in the northwest of Bilbao that was incorporated in 1925 . Today it is one of eight boroughs.
In the southwest, Deusto, separated by the Ría de Bilbao, borders on the Basurto-Zorroza district , in the southeast, also separated by the Ría and connected to the Puente de Deusto , on Abando and in the east on Uribarri .
The district, with 52,000 inhabitants, is administratively divided into the quarters Arangoiti , Ibarrekolanda , San Ignacio-Elorrieta and San Pedro de Deusto-La Ribera . The quarters Sarriko (part of Ibarrekolanda), Enekuri and San Ignacio (both San Ignacio-Elorrieta) and Zorrozaurre (a peninsula artificially created by the excavation of the Deusto Canal in 1968, San Pedro de Deusto-La Ribera) are not separate administrative units. .
Deusto is named, among others, for according to him, in 1886 by the Jesuits founded University known.
There is also the great Passionist monastery in Deusto. The large, modern church houses the holy "San Felicissimo". Furthermore, the passionist father Baskal Barturen "Aita Barturen Paskal" is the best expert on Basque music, a composer (including the Euskal misa) and a collector of folk song.
Web links
- Deusto on the website of the Municipality of Bilbao
Coordinates: 43 ° 16 ′ 28 " N , 2 ° 57 ′ 15" W.