毕尔巴鄂是西班牙北部一个只有50多万人口的中等城市,濒临内尔维翁河口,素以捕鱼、造船、冶金业著名,同时也是一个繁忙的港口和金融中心。最近它又因刚刚落成不久的古根海姆博物馆而名声大振。1997年10月19日,共有30多万人参加了博物馆的竣工典礼。上至西班牙国王、政府部长、 Bilbao, a medium-sized city in northern Spain with a population of more than 500,000, is on the verge of the Nervion estuary, famous for its fishing, shipbuilding and metallurgical industries and is also a busy port and financial center. It has recently gained a reputation for having just completed the Guggenheim Museum. On October 19, 1997, more than 300,000 people attended the museum’s completion ceremony. On to the Spanish King, the government minister,