Pedro Arrupe Footbridge and University of Deusto, Bilbao, Vizkaya, Basque Country, Spain
The University of Deusto (Spanish: Universidad de Deusto; Basque: Deustuko Unibertsitatea) is a Spanish private university owned by the Society of Jesus, with campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastián, and the Deusto Business School branch in Madrid. The University of Deusto is the oldest private university in Spain. Founded 1886.
Pedro Arrupé Footbridge.
Designed by engineer José Antonio Fernández Ordóñez, the work was completed after his death by his son Lorenzo and opened in 2004. It is a very visual and impressive construction (it looks like a big dragonfly), and is finished with a covering of Lapacho wood, treated to prevent people slipping. This modern pedestrian bridge, built between the Abandoibarra Walk and the Avenue of the Universities, next to Deusto University, it is dedicated to the Bilbao priest Pedro Arrupe, a innovator of the Society of Jesus who died in Rome in 1991.
Pedro Arrupe Footbridge and University of Deusto, Bilbao, Vizkaya, Basque Country, Spain
The University of Deusto (Spanish: Universidad de Deusto; Basque: Deustuko Unibertsitatea) is a Spanish private university owned by the Society of Jesus, with campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastián, and the Deusto Business School branch in Madrid. The University of Deusto is the oldest private university in Spain. Founded 1886.
Pedro Arrupé Footbridge.
Designed by engineer José Antonio Fernández Ordóñez, the work was completed after his death by his son Lorenzo and opened in 2004. It is a very visual and impressive construction (it looks like a big dragonfly), and is finished with a covering of Lapacho wood, treated to prevent people slipping. This modern pedestrian bridge, built between the Abandoibarra Walk and the Avenue of the Universities, next to Deusto University, it is dedicated to the Bilbao priest Pedro Arrupe, a innovator of the Society of Jesus who died in Rome in 1991.