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unusual facts about province of Salamanca


Salamanca Place

It was named after the victory in 1812 of the Duke of Wellington in the Battle of Salamanca in the Spanish province of Salamanca.


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.

Independent Highlander Group

Independent Highlander Group (Agrupación Serrana Independiente -ASI- in Spanish) is a people group who created a candidature for the local elections carried out in Spain on 22 May 2011, for the village of Santibáñez de la Sierra, in the province of Salamanca.


see also

Almendra

Almendra, Salamanca, a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, Spain

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

Bexar

Béxar, a former spelling of Béjar, a city in the province of Salamanca in western Spain

Bletonesii

The Bletonesii were one of the pre-Roman Celtic peoples of the Iberian Peninsula (the Roman Hispania, modern Spain and Portugal), dwelling around the city of Bletisa, or modern Ledesma in the province of Salamanca (Spain).

Ciudad Rodrigo

In the 12th century, the site was repopulated by King Ferdinand II of León, walling it and re-establishing the old Visigothic diocese of Calabria into the new bishopric as suffragan of the Diocese of Santiago de Compostela; it comprised a big part of the province of Salamanca, and a portion of the province of Cáceres, an act confirmed by Pope Alexander III in 1175.

La Zarza

La Zarza de Pumareda, a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain

Veguillas

Las Veguillas, a town in the province of Salamanca, Castile-León

Villaflores

Villaflores, Salamanca, a municipality in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain.