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2 ValladolidCastilla y León

3 Industrial and government city on the meseta castellana (“purest” Castilian accent) c. 450: Roman town 711 – 900 century: Moslem / Arab speaking 1346: Universidad de Valladolid 1506: Columbus’ last residence Before 1563: capital of Spain 1602-1604: home of Cervantes 1978: capital of Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-León 2003: pop. 320,000

4 Valladolid’s old city center (casco antiguo)

5 Calle Platerías (S. Pedro Regalado, city’s patron saint, born 1390 here) Plaza del Ochavo (where D. Alvaro de Luna’s head was hung in 1453) Iglesia de la Vera Cruz

6 Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (1580 to 18 th century: classical style with façade by Churriguera; potentially the second largest cathedral in the world)

7 Colegio Mayor de Santa Cruz: University of Valladolid 15 th century Gothic; then Renaissance; then Neoclassical styles

8 Colegio de San Gregorio (first: Dominican theology school) Museo Nacional de Escultura (Gregorio Fernández; Berruguete; Juni) Façade: plateresco style by Gil de Siloé (late 15 th century)

9 Iglesia de San Pablo Founded by Alfonso X el Sabio’s wife, doña Violante (late 13 th century); remodeled by Cardinal Torquemada in plateresque style (late 15 th century)

10 Iglesia de Santa María de la Antigua 11 th century: founded by Conde Ansúrez, city’s founder; 13 th centure Romanesque tower; 14 th century Gothic additions

11 Iglesia y monasterio de San Benito; 14 th century; 2003: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Español

12 Convento de Santa Teresa de Jesús (Carmelitas Descalzas) 16 th century

13 La Universidad de Valladolid (1346); major secular Spanish University; Baroque façade; Sapientia aedificavit sibi domun

14 Cervantes’ house 15 th century

15 José de Zorrilla’s house of birth (18 th century) Author of Don Juan Tenorio (1844)