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Salamanca

Salamanca

Salamanca is a city in in western central Spain, with a population of 143,500 in 2021. It has a magnificent old town centre, with multiple Romanesque, Gothic, Moorish, Renaissance and Baroque buildings inscribed on the UNESCO world heritage list.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include New Cathedral of Salamanca and Plaza Mayor.

Church
Photo: Julián Rejas De Castro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Catedral de la Asunción de la Virgen, popularly known as New Cathedral is, together with the Old Cathedral, one of the two cathedrals of , , .

Square
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The is a large plaza located in the center of , used as a public square. It was built in the traditional Spanish baroque style and is a popular gathering area.

Church
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The Cathedral of Santa María, known as the Old Cathedral, is one of the two cathedrals in , , . Founded by Bishop Jerome of Périgord, its construction began in the first third of the 12th century and was finished at the end of the 14th century, in Romanesque and Gothic style.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Marta de Tormes and Carbajosa de la Sagrada.

Town
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is a municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of , on the outskirts of the capital , located only 3 kilometers away. is situated 4 km east of Salamanca.

Village
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is a municipality in the province of Salamanca, western , part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located only 4 kilometres from the city of and as of 2016 has a population of 6,790 people. is situated 3½ km southeast of Salamanca.

Salamanca

Latitude
40.956° or 40° 57′ 22″ north
Longitude
-5.6802° or 5° 40′ 49″ west
Population
152,000
Elevation
778 metres (2,552 feet)
Open location code
8CGPX849+9W
Geo­Names ID
6360513
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Salamanca” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سالامانكا”
  • Azerbaijani: “Salamanka”
  • Belarusian: “Горад Саламанка”
  • Bulgarian: “Саламанка”
  • Chinese: “萨拉曼卡”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سالامانكا”
  • Esperanto: “Salamanko”
  • French: “Salamanque”
  • Georgian: “სალამანკა”
  • Greek: “Σαλαμάνκα”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sat-là-màn-khà”
  • Hebrew: “סלמנקה”
  • Hindi: “सालामानका”
  • Japanese: “サラマンカ”
  • Kazakh: “Саламанка”
  • Korean: “살라망카”
  • Ladino: “Salamanka”
  • Latin: “Salmantica”
  • Latvian: “Salamanka”
  • Lithuanian: “Salamanka”
  • Marathi: “सालामांका”
  • Ossetian: “Саламанкæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਾਲਾਮਾਨਕਾ”
  • Persian: “سالامانکا”
  • Polish: “Salamanka”
  • Russian: “Саламанка”
  • Sanskrit: “सालामान्का”
  • Serbian: “Саламанка”
  • Tamil: “சலமன்கா”
  • Thai: “ซาลามังกา”
  • Ukrainian: “Саламанка”
  • Urdu: “سالامانکا، سپین”
  • Uzbek: “Salamanka”
  • Western Panjabi: “سلمانکا”
  • Yue Chinese: “薩拉曼卡”

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