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This article deals with the Spanish city of Vitoria in the Basque Country. See also Vitoria (Brazil) and Vitória disambiguation page. Vitoria (in Spanish: Vitoria and Basque: Gasteiz, Vitoria-Gasteiz officially) is the capital of Álava and seat of government of the Autonomous Region of Country Basque in Spain by the Basque government's decision March 20, 1980. Located at a crossroads, the city has been throughout history an important strategic point as well on a military, commercial and cultural. Since Roman times, where the road connecting Bordeaux to Astorga, these places have never ceased to be a hub of communications between the Plateau and Central Europe. At the crossroads emerged the village of Gasteiz. Currently, Vitoria is a model of urban development of quality criteria for social cohesion, housing and environmental protection. It is a city steeped in history. As capital, Vitoria hosts major political institutions of the Autonomous Region of Basque Country as Basque government and parliament. A proverb is often used by the Basques to explain the status of capital of Vitoria commutauté: with Bilbao Vizcaya was the business capital with banks and industry, Saint Sebastian was tourism and cultural life, there remained nothing in Álava and its chief town, so he left the seat of government. (...)

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