Peine del Viento
Eduardo Chillida · Luis Peña Ganchegui · San Sebastián
Photo: Phillip Maiwald (Nikopol) / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0), dated 28 October 2009, as published on Street Art Utopia.
Peine del Viento (Comb of the Wind) is Eduardo Chillida’s group of three steel sculptures on the rocks at the end of Ondarreta beach in San Sebastián, set beside pink granite terraces by the architect Luis Peña Ganchegui. It was installed in 1977. Source Source Checked
Seen Oct 2026 — on 23 October 2026 the city closed the Peine del Viento and other coastal spaces because of heavy seas (Donostitik). The newest dated photograph we found is from 28 October 2009. Source Source Reported
💡 4 things to know
- The sea breathes through itThrough a system of tubes, air pushed by the waves comes up through holes at the surface, the Basque tourism site says. Source Reported
- Inaugurated 30 years lateCadena SER reported that it was officially inaugurated on 16 September 2007, thirty years after the three steel pieces were placed in September 1977. Source Reported
- Sculpture and plaza belong togetherIn May 2026 the Basque government’s news service carried Denis Itxaso’s view that the Peine del Viento cannot be understood without Peña Ganchegui’s architecture. Source Reported
- Restored in 2026The same report says a full rehabilitation of the site was completed that year, balancing conservation with safety, accessibility and public use. Source Reported
📍 Where it is
🗓️ Sightings
- 1977Sep
The three pieces are placed (Cadena SER)
- 200716 Sep
Official inauguration, 30 years on
- 200928 Oct
Phillip Maiwald photographs the sculptures
- 202614 May
Rehabilitation reported complete
- 202623 Oct
Closed for a day of heavy seas
Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.
🗞️ In the sources
“el Peine del Viento contó hoy con la inauguración que no tuvo en septiembre de 1977”
the Peine del Viento today got the inauguration it did not have in September 1977
“rehabilitación integral del conjunto, culminada este mismo año”
a full rehabilitation of the site, completed this very year
“Se trata de un conjunto escultórico formado por terrazas de granito de color rosa y tres piezas de acero”
It is a sculptural group made up of pink granite terraces and three steel pieces
✅ The facts
🔗 Related
- Sculptures Worth the Trip to the Coast (8 Photos) — Street Art Utopia
- Turismo Euskadi: Peine del Viento (Spanish)
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All sources & image credits
- turismo.euskadi.eus: Peine del Viento (Spanish)
- cadenaser.com: ‘El peine de los vientos’, inaugurado 30 años después de su colocación (16 September 2007)
- irekia.euskadi.eus: “El Peine del Viento no puede entenderse sin la arquitectura de Peña Ganchegui” (14 May 2026)
- donostitik.com: Donostia cierra el Paseo Nuevo, el Peine del Viento y otros espacios costeros por el fuerte oleaje (23 October 2026)
- Wikimedia Commons: Peine del viento de Eduardo Chillida by Phillip Maiwald (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- OpenStreetMap: Haizearen orrazia (map position)
- Image: Phillip Maiwald (Nikopol) / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0), as published on Street Art Utopia; a 16:9 share version was made from it.
Last checked: 31 October 2026. How we verify art