San Frantzisko
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San Frantzisko is an important neighbourhood of Bilbao, in the Basque Country, and also one of the most degradated. In the last decades it has absorbed much of the immigration received by the city.
It is crossed by the St. Francis street (San Frantzisko kalea), among other less important ones, and borders the following other neighbourhoods: Zazpikaleak, Bilbo Zarra, Zabala, Miribilla, Irala and Abando. The railroad and station separate San Frantzisko and Zabala from Abando, which is the center of the city, and Irala, while the neighbourhood is sparated from Zazpikaleak by the stuary.
Two bridges cross the estuary San Franzisko and Zazpikaleak: La Merced bridge, available for cars in one direction only, and El Perro Chico pedestrian pass. The former church of La Merced has been recycled into a public concert space known as Bilborrock. The neighbourhood also holds a museum of artistic reproductions.
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