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Castile and Leon, known formally as the Community of Castile and Leon is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It was constructed from Old Castile and Leon in 1983. The autonomous community of Castile and Leon is the largest in Spain and one of the largest subdvisions in the European Union.
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Burgos is a city of northernwestern Spain, at the edge of the central plateau. Founded in the 9th century, but retaining its Visigothic name signifying consolidated walled villages (burgos), the city was the seat of a Catholic bishop from the 10th century and became in the 11th century the capital of the Kingdom of Castile ...
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The city of Leon in Castile and Leon, northwest Spain. Leon possesses impressive monuments, from outstanding mediaeval to avantguarde modernity buildings. The most notable monuments are the Rayonnant gothic Cathedral, with its excellent stain glassed windows, the Basilica de San Isidoro ...
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Salamanca is a city in western Spain, in Castile-Leon. The city was founded in the pre-Roman period by Vacceos, an indigenous tribe, as one of a pair of forts to defend their territory near the Duero river. In the third century BC, Hannibal laid siege to the city. With the fall of the Carthaginians to the Romans ...
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The old city of Segovia is spectacularly situated atop a long, narrow promontory. It contains a wealth of monuments, including the cathedral, a famous ancient Roman aqueduct, the Alcazar, and various churches built in the Romanesque style including San Esteban, San Martin, and San Millan ...
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Valladolid was captured from the Moors in the 10th century, being a small village improved by count Pedro Ansurez in the 11th century; by the 15th century it was the residence of the kings of Castile and remained the capital of the Kingdom of Spain until 1561, when Philip II, born here, moved the capital to Madrid ...
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