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The name Zazpikaleak or Las Siete Calles (The Seven Streets) come from the oldest part of the neighbourhood which included exactly 7 streets and some much more narrow alleys connecting them, called cantons (kantoi, cantón). The historical seven streets of Bilbao are:

Somera, "upper"
Artekale, "middle street"
Tendería, "shopkeeper's"
Belostikale
Carnicería Vieja, "old butchery"
Barrenkale, "lower street"
Barrenkale Barrena, "lower lower street"

The area is probably the most colorful part of Bilbao, including many shops and taverns, several historical churches (San Antón, Santos Juanes, the Cathedral, San Nicolás).