#125 Streets of the Basque Capital (2) 🇪🇸 巴斯克首府街头（二）

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I found this beautiful street mural in the city of Vitoria Gasteiz during my road trip to northern Spain. The painting spreads over the whole wall and blends perfectly with the windows, the flower pots and the electrical cabinet in front. I also like how the artist handled the details of the fabric. You see all the creases and even the letters on the small tag. It must have cost a lot of time and it required great skills to create this piece of artwork.

In fact, I never heard of this capital city of the Basque country before, but it turned out to be a huge gem. It was awarded the title of European Green Capital in 2012 and it is consistently ranked as one of the 5 best places to live in Spain. Wandering through the city, I was amazed by this multicultural place with a wide variety of architectures and the stunning street art in many corners of the city.

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大家好，接着上篇贴文，我继续带你们来看西班牙北部巴斯克地区首府的街头。以前并没有听说过维多利亚这座城市，来了才发现原来这座欧洲的绿色之都充满惊喜，街头处处是风格各异的建筑，鳞次栉比，和谐共存。遍布街巷的那些栩栩如生的壁画涂鸦也很让人惊叹。

题图里这副壁画有着逼真的细节，连布料的褶皱阴影和标签上的小字都看得一清二楚。整幅画的颜色也和几扇窗户、窗台上的鲜花、还有前面的电控箱无缝对接。这么一幅巨作该是花费了不少时间和精力才得以完工，也需要娴熟的绘画技巧，来之不易。

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The same wall and the other one nearby:

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The statue you see here is Celedón, a traditional character who kicks off the festivities in honor of the White Virgin from August 4th to 9th each year.

The “Bajada de Celedón” was created in 1957 by a group of young people from the city of Vitoria Gasteiz. The figure descends from the tower of the San Miguel Church to a balcony in the Virgen Blanca Square. From there, he comes out as a human in order to go through the crowds up to the “balconada”(a row of balconies), where he invites everyone to join the fun festivities. Later at night of August 9th, Celedón returns to the tower of the church. He waves farewell to the public and will come back in the following year.