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Alava HotelsThe cultural activity of Álava throughout the year is dense and varied...An important number of international festivals ensure this. In Vitoria-Gasteiz, spring leads, in May, to the “Month of Dance” and to the “International Cinema Festival of Vitoria-Gasteiz. New Producers "; in June, in addition to the "Display of Artists in the Street" the “Business Video Festival” and the “Music Video” Festival are also held. A highlight, owing to its international character, is the “Jazz Festival” held in July; the "Folklore Festival”, the “Audiovisual
Festival”, and the “International Games Festival” also take place in the same month.
Later in the summer, between July and August, the “Organ Music Festival” is held, with sessions distributed around several churches in the province, as happens with the “Choral Week” in September.
The “Festival of Old Music” and the “Theatre Festival” run from September to December, and also held in December, are the “Shorts Festival” and the “Christmas Music Cycle”.
In Araia, the “International Festival of Comic Theatre” is worthy of note. It is held in August.
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During this period the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz was extended, giving rise to what is known today as the Ensanche. This great work taken on by Vitoria architect Olaguíbel, reflects the rationalist character of the time. The town planning solutions contributed by Olaguíbel to the design of the new city show his deep knowledge of it.
The Paseo de Los Arquillos, for example, is designed to counteract the pronounced drop of the southern face of the hill on which the old part of the city rests. The Plaza de España, in neo-classical style, is a space designed on a human scale, with clean lines prevailing in contrast with the grandiosity and details of previous eras.
Olaguíbel was skilful enough to know how to combine the curves with which the hill of the original city obliged him to work, with the grid layout typical of the "ensanches" (town extensions) of the time.
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