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By the end of the 15th century Santander had a population of about 4,000 or 5,000 inhabitants. [9] The city owes its existence to the excellent harbour of the Bay of Santander. Santander was an important port for Castile in the later Middle Ages, and also for trade with the New World. It officially became a city in 1755. [10]
In 574, King Liuvigild attacked Cantabria and managed to capture the south of the country, including the city of Amaya, where he established a Visigothic province called the Duchy of Cantabria (see picture), which would serve as a limes or frontier zone to contain the Cantabri as well as their neighbors the Vascones. To the north of this cordon ...
Banco Santander S.A. trading as Santander Group (UK: / ˌ s æ n t ən ˈ d ɛər,-t æ n-/ SAN-tən-DAIR, -tan-, US: / ˌ s ɑː n t ɑː n ˈ d ɛər / SAHN-tahn-DAIR, [2] [3] Spanish: [ˈbaŋko santanˈdeɾ]), is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Santander, with operative offices in Madrid.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Santander, Cantabria, Spain ... 1997 – Hospital Virtual Valdecilla founded [8] 21st century. 2007
Santander, Spain, a port city and capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain; Santander Department, a department of Colombia; Santander State, former state of Colombia; Santander de Quilichao, a municipality in the Cauca Department of Colombia; Santander, Cebu, a municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines
On August 11, 1918, the Santander Bonded Warehouse was founded, one of the first in the country. In the mid-20th century, it was decided that, in order to increase capacity and competitiveness, it was necessary to move the port's tasks from the city center to another location, which would be an area of marshland in the Bay of Santander after it ...
Outside statues in the Cathedral of Santander. The cathedral is a historical monumental complex built between the end of the 12th century and the 14th century on top of the former Santander Abbey also known as the "Abbey of the Holy Bodies" (Abadía de los Cuerpos Santos), an old monastery dedicated to Saints Emeterius and Celedonius.
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