Valladolid in Castile and León
Thursday, 16 March 2023 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General , UNESCO World Heritage
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City Hall at the Plaza Mayor © xavi lópez/cc-by-sa-3.0-es
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Valladolid is a
municipality in
Spain and the primary seat of government and
de facto capital of the
autonomous community of
Castile and León . It is also the capital of the
province of the same name . It has a population around 300,000 people (2021 est.).
The city is located roughly in the centre of the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula’s Meseta Central , at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers 15 km (9.3 mi) before they join the Duero , surrounded by winegrowing areas. The area was settled in pre-Roman times by the Celtic Vaccaei people, and then by Romans themselves. The settlement was purportedly founded after 1072, growing in prominence within the context of the Crown of Castile , being endowed with fairs and different institutions such as a collegiate church, University (1241), Royal Court and Chancellery and a royal mint.
Palacio de SantaCruz houses the UVA's rectorate © Luis Fernández García/cc-by-sa-3.0
Valladolid was the location of
Europe’s first moral debate on the treatment of indigenous people and is the city in which
Christopher Columbus died. It was briefly the capital of
Habsburg Spain between 1601 and 1606. The city then declined until the arrival of the railway in the 19th century, and with its industrialisation into the 20th century.
The
old town is made up of a variety of historic houses, palaces, churches, plazas, avenues and parks, and includes the
National Museum of Sculpture as well as the houses of
Zorrilla and
Cervantes which are open as museums. Among the events that are held each year in the city are
the famous Holy Week , the Festival of Theatre and Street Arts (TAC), and the Valladolid International Film Festival (
Seminci ). In 2019, Valladolid was recognised as a
City of Film as part of
UNESCO ‘s
Creative Cities Network . Together with another 15 surrounding municipalities, it belongs to an urban community of around 404,000 inhabitants.
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spain.info – Valladolid ,
Wikivoyage Valladolid and
Wikipedia Valladolid (
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