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| Cid's Spain © Mark Wade |
Town near the Portugese border, 86 km from Salamanca. The castle walls, 2.2 km long, 13 m high, and 2 m thick, on Roman foundations, were upgraded by the Spanish reconquerer Count Rodrigo Gonzalez in the 12th Century and renovated again in 1710.
The cathedral was begun in 1170. Most of the visible city dates to the Renaissance. Latitude: 40.61. Longitude: -6.54.
To Don Alfonso he gave the kingdom of Leon, and in Asturias as far as the river Deva, which runs by Oviedo, and part of Campos as far as Carrion and the river Pisuerga, with the border, which contained the dioceses of Zamora, Salamanca, and Ciudad Rodrigo, and the city of Astorga, and other lands in Galicia, with the town of Zebreros.