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2 unusual facts about Province of Zamora


Province of Zamora

Its wines were the first to be taken to America by Christopher Columbus.

The present-day province of Zamora province was one of three provinces formed from the former Kingdom of León in 1833, when Spain was re-organised into 49 provinces.


Asturian language

Western Asturian, is a linguistic variety in Western Asturian lands between the rivers Navia and Nalón, and western provinces of León, where is called Leonese as endonym, Zamora and Salamanca.

Asturianos

Asturianos is a municipality located in the Sanabria comarca, province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain.

Benavente, Zamora

Benavente is a municipality in the north of the province of Zamora, in the autonomous community Castile and León of Spain.

Diego Enríquez de Guzmán

Alba de Liste, a.k.a. Alba de Aliste, is a castle, absolutely ruined today, located near some 300 inhabitants, Losacino, 41°41′N, 6°05′W in the province of Zamora, Spain.

Goat throwing

Goat throwing was a festival in Manganeses de la Polvorosa, province of Zamora, Spain where a group of young men threw a live goat from the top of a church.

Marvão

The migration of the Celtici is considered part of a third or fourth wave of Celts in the 4th century BCE: this migration occurred across modern-day Aragon and into modern-day Extremadura and Alentejo, displacing the proto-Celt Lusitanians who dominated the lands north of the Tagus, and skirting the Vettones lands that stretched from Zamora to Castelo Branco.

Rock of the Three Kingdoms

The Penedo is located on the border between the village of Moimenta in the municipality of Vinhais, the municipality of A Mezquita in province of Ourense (Autonomous Community of Galicia) and the municipality of Hermisende in Senabria comarca of the province of Zamora (Autonomous Community of Castile and León).

San Martín de Valderaduey

San Martín de Valderaduey is a municipality located in the Sanabria comarca, province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain.


see also

Arribes

Arribes del Duero Natural Park, a protected area in the southeast of the province of Zamora and the northeast of the province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain

Pedralba de la Pradería

Pedralba de la Pradería is located in the northwest of the Province of Zamora and belongs to the shire of Sanabria.