Map of Vitoria (1918)

This map of the city of Vitoria, in the Basque Country, was drawn by Benito Chías y Carbó and published by Alberto Martín in 1918. It is currently part of the National Geographic Institute's Map Library.

The map shows the size of Vitoria at the beginning of the 20th century. It shows how the city was still compacted around the central core, the historic centre of the city, although the city had already begun to expand southwards (on the left-hand side of the map), towards the railway station, created in 1862. In the opposite direction is the cemetery of Santa Isabel, which was still outside the urban fabric of Vitoria in 1918.

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