Portal:Basque/Selected biography
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Alberto del Palacio Elissague (1856-1939) was a Spanish engineer and architect born in Bilbao, Basque Country. Between 1890 and 1893, he worked on his most important project, the transporter bridge ("Puente Colgante") on the Nervion river, between Portugalete and Getxo (Biscay), for which he gained international recognition. It was the first bridge of this kind ever built. (continued...)