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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.
La Clerecía, Salamanca. / 40.9628; -5.6662. La Clerecía is the name given to the building of the former Real Colegio del Espíritu Santo (or Santo Espíritu) of the Society of Jesus, built in Salamanca between the 17th and 18th centuries. It is of baroque style. It differs the college, with an interesting cloister, and the church, with an ...
Salamanca Club de Fútbol UDS, previously known as CF Salmantino, is a Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 2013 after the dissolution of UD Salamanca , it currently plays in Segunda Federación – Group 1, holding home games at the Estadio Helmántico with a 17,341-seat capacity.
The University of Salamanca ( Spanish: Universidad de Salamanca) is a Spanish public research university, located in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It was founded in 1218 by King Alfonso IX. It is the oldest university in the Hispanic world and one of the oldest in the world in continuous operation.
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 Catedral de la Asunción de la Virgen (Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary), popularly known as New Cathedral ( Spanish: Catedral Nueva) is, together with the Old Cathedral, one of the two cathedrals of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain. It is the seat of the diocese of Salamanca. It was constructed between 1533 and 1733 mixing ...
Holy Week in Salamanca (Semana Santa de Salamanca) is the most important religious event of Salamanca, Spain. It is celebrated in the week leading up to Easter (Holy Week among Christians). During Holy Week, 18 fraternities feature 24 processions of pasos , floats of realistic wooden sculptures narrating scenes of the events of the Passion of ...
Helmántico Stadium. / 40.99528°N 5.66500°W / 40.99528; -5.66500. Estadio Helmántico (English: Helmántico Stadium) is a football stadium in Salamanca, Spain where UD Salamanca played home matches, and is the home stadium of Salamanca CF UDS. The stadium holds 17,341 and was built in 1970. [1] It is located in the municipality of ...