Accounts differ on number of injuries and whether any were killed,[1] but the incident highlighted dangerous rifts between Spanish nationalist factions and prompted a restructuring of Franco's government.

The clock tower houses 24 bells, with the heaviest weighing a tonne, and were built in Sumiswald, Switzerland.

The "La Salve" (Spanish for "salute" or "Hail Mary") quarter of Bilbao is so named because it is the first point where sailors returning up the river Nervión, which passes through the city, were able to see the basilica's steeple.

The major festivals take place every 15 August (Assumption of Mary), and 11 October, the saint day of Begoña.

Midnight mass is celebrated on these occasions, with pilgrimages taking place as locals and visitors go to worship.