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Europe and North America. Salamanca ( Spanish pronunciation: [salaˈmaŋka]) is a municipality and city in Spain, capital of the province of the same name, located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is located in the Campo Charro comarca, in the Meseta Norte, in the northwestern quadrant of the Iberian Peninsula.
Salamanca ( Spanish pronunciation: [salaˈmaŋka]) [2] is a province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León (Castilla y León). It is bordered by the provinces of Zamora, Valladolid, Ávila, and Cáceres, and on the west by Portugal. It has an area of 12,349 km 2 and in 2018 had a population of ...
27,418/km 2 (71,010/sq mi) Madrid district number. 4. Salamanca is one of the 21 districts that form the city of Madrid, Spain. Salamanca is located to the northeast of the historical center of Madrid. Salamanca lies east of the district of Chamberí, south of Chamartín, and north of Retiro. Salamanca counts approximately 151.000 inhabitants.
Plaza Mayor, Salamanca. Coordinates: 40°57′54″N 5°39′51″W. The front of the plaza, showing the clock tower in the background and social gatherings in the front. The Plaza Mayor ( English Main Plaza) is a large plaza located in the center of Salamanca, Spain used as a public square. [1] It was built in the traditional Spanish baroque ...
The Cathedral of Santa María (Spanish: Catedral Vieja de Santa María ), known as the Old Cathedral, is one of the two cathedrals in Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain. Founded by Bishop Jerome of Périgord, its construction began in the first third of the 12th century and was finished at the end of the 14th century, in Romanesque and Gothic ...
Map of the battlefield. The Battle of Salamanca (in French and Spanish known as the Battle of the Arapiles) took place on 22 July 1812. An Anglo-Portuguese army under the Earl of Wellington defeated Marshal Auguste Marmont 's French forces at Arapiles, south of Salamanca, Spain, during the Peninsular War. A Spanish division was also present but ...
The Roman bridge of Salamanca (in Spanish: Puente romano de Salamanca ), also known as Puente Mayor del Tormes, is a Roman bridge crossing the Tormes River on the banks of the city of Salamanca, in Castile and León, Spain. [1] The importance of the bridge as a symbol of the city can be seen in the first quartering of city's coat of arms (along ...
The siege of the Salamanca forts (17–27 June 1812) saw an 800-man Imperial French garrison directed by Lieutenant Colonel Duchemin defend three fortified convents in the city of Salamanca against the 48,000-strong Allied army led by Arthur Wellesley, Lord Wellington. During this time, the French commander Marshal Auguste de Marmont led a ...