Plaza Nueva

Today: Plaza de España, Vitoria

Place: Vitoria
Kind: Square
Built: 1781 to 1791
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The Neoclassical plaza mayor, a square 61 metres on each side with arcades and the town hall on the north side. It was proposed in 1780 to join the old town with the new extension; work began on 17 October 1781 to the design of Justo Antonio de Olaguíbel, and it was inaugurated in 1791. The buildings known as Los Arquillos bridge a drop of nearly twenty metres, and since 1936 it has been called Plaza de España.

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