Salamanca
Salamanca is a city in central Spain. It is the capital city of the province with the same name. The city has a very important university started in 1218. It has two cathedrals and a famous Plaza Mayor (Main Square) built in the 18th century.
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| Location of Salamanca in Spain Location of Salamanca in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 40°58′N 5°40′W / 40.967°N 5.667°WCoordinates: 40°58′N 5°40′W / 40.967°N 5.667°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castile and León |
| Province | Salamanca |
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| • Mayor | Alfonso Fernando Fernández Mañueco (Partido Popular) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 38.6 km2 (14.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 802 m (2,631 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | metropolitan:213,399 city:154,462 |
| • Density | 4,034/km2 (10,450/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www.salamanca.es |
Frogs are a mascot of Salamanca. Souvenirs of frogs can be found in almost every shop in the Plaza Mayor.
The Battle of Salamanca was an important defeat for France in the Napoleonic Wars.
Images
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New Cathedral of Salamanca
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Plaza Mayor
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Casa de las Muertes (House of the Deaths)
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Cloister of Convento de las Dueñas
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Banco de España
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Walls of Salamanca
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The Roman bridge of Salamanca
Salamanca Media
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Remains of a house at the Cerro de San Vicente Archaeological Park (c. 800–400 BC), a hamlet assigned to the Early Iron Age
The Roman bridge of Salamanca is an infrastructure that, since the 1st century, has provided passage over the Tormes River
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Castile and León, Spain - September 2019
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Ramiro II of León undertook a first repopulation in the 10th century.
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King Alfonso VI of León definitively repopulated the city in 1085, entrusting the direction of this repopulation process to his son-in-law Raymond of Burgundy
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The Old cathedral of Salamanca, built between 1120 and 1236, on the initiative of its first bishop Jerome of Périgord.
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Current buildings of the University of Salamanca, built between 1401 and 1611. Until the 15th century, classes were held in the cloister of the Old Cathedral, in houses rented from the chapter and in the church of San Benito.
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Plateresque Convento de San Esteban, built between 1524-1610.
Plateresque South facade of the New Cathedral of Salamanca, church built between 1513 and 1733.
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Salamanca. |
- Official Tourist Information Office
- Wiki of the city of Salamanca
- General information on Salamanca
- General information about events in Salamanca
- Salamanca travel guide
- Salamanca: Spain's answer to Oxford by The Guardian
- Salamanca city guide at HitchHikers Handbook Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
Museums
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