SALAMANCA, SPAIN, VACATION, RENTAL APARTMENT.wmv

The provincial Salamanca is bordering with Portugal and the provinces of Zamora, Avila and Caceres and is one of the most magical provinces of Spain. Land-drenched fertile river Douro and Tormes. Bastos grasslands where grazing herds of sheep, pigs or cows. Natural parks spectacular, including the above del Duero and Peña de France. Picturesque villages lost in time and of course, their majestic capital, Salamanca. Salamanca was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 2002. Salamanca has the oldest university in Spain, which is in turn the most beautiful and historic city in the country. It has 159,000 inhabitants. And it is the birthplace of Spanish Plateresque. Salamanca capital Salamanca is reminiscent of Oxford and Cambridge in the sense that seems to breathe art, culture and knowledge, when you stroll through its streets and admire their noble houses, small palaces, its university, its towers, its cathedral. To see the best views over the city, we need to go to the Parador de Salamanca, across the river Tormes. The city is situated in hills 4, why the Romans used to call it the "Rome girl." It is a very popular city, with thousands of foreign students, who come each year to study one of the Spanish language and culture, which offers the University or some of the hundreds of existing academies. Salamanca is a vibrant and cosmopolitan city. Historia de Salamanca As in most of Spain, Salamanca was occupied by the Romans and Visigoths. During the period of Muslim occupation in the eighth century, Salamanca was from Arab hands into Christian hands several times. In the eleventh century, Alfonso VI reconquered the city to Christianity and appointed Conde Raimundo of Burgundy, which is responsible for it. This was the beginning of the reconquest and this new situation of stability encouraged many people of the peninsula to become a house in the city and installed there. In s.XII's Old Cathedral was built and this, along with being one of the top European Universities, was beginning to turn to Salamanca in a think tank established. Monasteries were built, residence halls, was collected donations to build new Catholic churches, and Salamanca became the largest city during the Renaissance. It was the time called "The Golden Age", a period full flowering of art, literature and music, in Spain. Fray Luis de Leon, Antonio de Lebrija, Lope de Vega, Christopher Columbus, Calderon de la Barca, Teresa de Jesus, San Juan de la Cruz, Cervantes and Christopher Columbus, all of whom spent a part of their lives in Salamanca. See photos of Salamanca.

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• FINES DE SEMANA
• VACACIONES
• ESTANCIAS CORTAS
• SALAMANCA
• ESTANCIAS GRUPOS.