Bilbao's Federico Moyua Square will be renamed Plaza Elliptica
The City Council will place four plates with the new name in the square on Wednesday, while Metro Bilbao will gradually adapt the signs and signs.
Inthe name of historical memory, Bilbao's Federico Moyua Square will be renamed Elliptical Square from this Wednesday. It was renamed under the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera by then-Mayor Federico Moyua in 1937.
The mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto, and the councillor for Euskera, Care and Citizen Participation, Agenda 2030 and International, Eider Inuntziaga, appeared this morning in the square to report on the change.
The mayor has said that the plates bearing the new name will be placed on Wednesday, while other road signs, leaflets or the like will be updated as determined by the municipal services or the relevant institutions.
Aburto recalled that Mayor Federico Moyua was " a person linked to two dictatorships. "" He was elected mayor under the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera, except for a democratically elected mayor, Ernesto Ercoreca, "he explained.
Metro Bilbao will adapt "gradually"
On the other hand, the municipal representatives have indicated that Metro Bilbao will make "gradual" changes of name, both at the Moyua station and in signage and signage throughout the network.