After leaving Avila we continued on to Salamanca here we will spend tonight before continuing on to Porto, Portugal in the morning. Salamanca is a city in northwestern Spain, the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the community of Castile and León. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. It is situated approximately 124 west of Madrid and 50 miles east of the Portuguese border. The University of Salamanca, which was founded in 1134, is the oldest university in Spain and the fourth oldest western university, but the first to be given its status by the Pope Alexander IV who gave universal validity to its degrees. With its 30,000 students, the university is, together with tourism, a primary source of income in Salamanca.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Jun 2014 21:39:33 +0000
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