1. SALAMANCA

2. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN SALAMANCA? 3. WHERE IS SALAMANCA?Situation of Salamanca in SpainSituation of Salamanca in Castilla and LenSalamanca is located in northern Spanish Plateau, on the banks of the River Tormes. Theclimate can be included in the category of moderate, but close to the extreme limit. It belongs to the humid temperate climate in the classification of Koeppen, and has a distinctly continental. 4. FLAG, EMBLEM ANDPOPULATION.Salamanca is a Spanishcity, capital of the province, located in theautonomous communityof Castilla y Leon. It has a population of154,462 inhabitants, and its metropolitanarea reaches 213,399 (as of 2010), making it the second mostpopulated area of the 5. CLIMATEThe climate can be included in the category of moderate, but closeto the extreme limit. It belongs to the humid temperate climate inthe classification of Koeppen, and has a distinctly continental.The winters are long and cold weather (160 days) and the summersshort and hot more (100 days). The absolute minimum temperatureobserved to date, from -20 C, was recorded on February 5, 1963, and the absolute maximum of 39.8 C, was recorded on July 31,1947. The average annual number of days the sky is completely clear is80, and the annual average insolation increases to 2586 hours. 6. LOCAL CELEBRATIONS June 12, San Juan de Sahagun, patron of the city.September 8, Virgen de la Vega, the patron saint of thecity. Open the week of fairs and festivals. Water Monday, the Monday following Easter June 1-15 (approximately), International Arts Festival of Castilla y Len Easter in Salamanca, declared of International TouristInterest in 2003.27 7. MONUMENTS Plaza Mayor: of Baroque style, designed by architectsAlberto and Nicols Churriguera is the most important of public spacesand the heart of the city. 8. MONUMENTSCampo de San Francisco Firstpublic garden in the city ongrounds of the formerconvent of San FranciscoReal. 9. MONUMENTS Huerto de Calixto y Melibea: Garden near to thecathedrals where, somesay, lies the plot of thenovel La Celestina byFernando de Rojas. Besidesit are remains of the RomanWalls. 10. MONUMENTS Plaza del Corrillo : Small square adjacent to the Plaza Mayor. On the left is the Romanesque church of San Martn and the right a series of houses with porches formed by columns of stone completed in pads representing the days of the week (a moon for the Monday, a Mars for Tuesday, etc.) 11. UNIVERSITYThe University of Salamanca(Spanish: Universidad deSalamanca) is a Spanishhigher education institution, located in the town ofSalamanca, west of Madrid and close to Portugal. It was founded in 1134 and giventhe Royal charter of foundation byKing Alfonso IX in 1218. It is the oldest founded university in Spain and thethird oldest European 12. Other important information THE FROGTradition says that the finding of the Frogindicates good loockand in relation to the students, who willapprove their studies if they see it without help, hence when they reach the city will examine its fate, 13. CATHEDRAL The New Cathedral (Spanish:Catedral Nueva) is, together withthe Old Cathedral, one of the twocathedrals of Salamanca, Spain. Itwas constructed between the 16th in and 18th centuries in two styles: late Gothic and Baroque. Building began in 1513 and the cathedral was consecrated in 1733. It wascommissioned by Ferdinand V of Castile of Spain. It was declared a national monument by royal decree in 1887. cite_ref-garcia_0-01[1] The building began at a time whenthe gothic style was becoming 14. Other important informationASTRONAUT OF THECATHEDRAL OF SALAMANCA "The history of theastronaut goes backto when Salamanca hosted the Ages ofMan in 1993, andtherefore decided to restore the Puerta de 15. GASTRONOMY Gastronomy in theprovince ofSalamanca is the setof dishes and culinarycustoms of theprovince ofSalamanca Meets : hornazo ofSalamanca, Hare withrice 16. CELEBRITIESCarmen Martn Gaite: writer 17. CELEBRITIES Diego de Torres Villarroel: writer, poet, playwright, physician,mathematician, priest andprofessor at the University ofSalamanca. 18. CELEBRITIESCharo Lopez Lopez Maria del RosarioPiuelas(Salamanca, October 28, 1943),known as Charo Lopez is a Spanish actress 19. CELEBRITIESZacut Abraham, mathematician, astronomer and historian .They aren`t photos avaiables. 20. ECONOMYThe citys economy is dominated by the university and tourism,but other sectors including agriculture and livestock rearingalong with construction and manufacturing are also significant. Not surprisingly, in December 2007 83% of the workingpopulation, equivalent to 55,838, were employed in the service sector. 21. PLACES Old quarter of the city --------> no findIrish College --------> C/ Fonseca, 2Church of San Marcos -----------> C/ Zamora - Plaza del Ejrcito Church of Sancti Spiritus ----------> Sancti Spiritus, 34Convent of Las Claras ----------> C/ de Santa Clara, 2 y 12; C/ del Lucero 2 y 18 Convent-House of Santa Teresa ---------> C/ Crespo Rascn, 19 Church of San Juan de Barbalos -----------> Square. San Juan Bautista, 2 - C/ Luis Sevillano, 2Church of San Cristobal -------------> Square of San Cristobal, 8