Salamanca: reason and religion. Cathedrals, churches and the first university in Spain

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Hello archi lovers!

We get to know cities again, the kind we love, full of history and also a lot of art and architecture. The urban design of these cities combines present and past, forming an unique essence that is worth discovering.

So this time we are going to visit a Castilian city, in the northern interior of Spain, an intense city, with a lot of past but also with a lot of life now. This is the famous Salamanca, famous mainly for its university, which was one of the oldest in the world, the third, and the first in Spain.

As soon as we arrive we walk through streets packed with facades, balconies, stones and a lot of history from other times, and in the background at each glance a new monument, another witness of so much intense and beautiful past. For example, the robust medieval style Torre del Clavero (the Clavero Tower) that we see in the distance in some of those historic streets.

But there is more, we walk through more streets and squares, and after peaceful surroundings in quiet and colorful squares, like Plaza del Corrillo (Corrillo Square), we come across the Casa de las Conchas (the Shells House), all decorated on the outside but impressive on the inside, with an incredible porticoed patio.

University of Salamanca / Universidad de Salamanca

We follow the route of the incredible towards the famous University, at the University of Salamanca we find history, famous people taught here and were students and we find very important texts and archives for history, some of them should be read by many to finish with the disastrous Black Legend that the Anglo-Saxons always tell. Real and historical data kills malicious story. And in this wonderful building there are many.

But it also has a unique, wonderful and incredible facade. But truly incredible because among its thousands of details there are some very popular ones that everyone who comes here wants to discover as if it were a hobby. On the one hand the frog on the skull, and on the other, a certainly disturbing one, the astronaut. Yes, how could they carve an astronaut on the façade back in the Middle Ages? Theories?

The University constitutes the soul of the city, because it is a university city, so among its many old buildings there are many young people and parties, a contrast that is perceived in each place.

Convents and old churches

And some of its most famous places are also now part of the entire university complex, and we see that in other square... where we discover such as a kind of ancient convent called La Clerecía with a magnificent dome that we find with every glance into the distance when we tour the city.

And from convents, we move on to churches, such as the iglesia de San Esteban (church of Saint Esteban).

The Cathedrals

And of course to the cathedral, but Salamanca has two cathedrals, the old medieval Romanesque one and the new Gothic one. We are going to see both, but in the end it is intoxicating, so much beauty, so much ornamental ecclesiastical architecture on the outside in beautiful facades and also on the inside of the New Cathedral that we visited. Amazing numerous details on the stone!

Plaza Mayor

Faced with such religious and decorative ecstasy, we travel through new streets until we reach another emblematic and very popular point in the city, a meeting space that everyone enjoys, especially the thousands of students who live here during the academic year, it is the Plaza Mayor (Major Square). Very similar to the one in Madrid, rectangular and surrounded by a porticoed space with columns that provide a practical space with shade and under which to take shelter.

Although nothing is better than enjoying the sun, having a drink in the middle of the esplanade, remembering everything we have seen and what we are enjoying in this city full of history, religion, but also studies and knowledge, the historical and erudite city of Salamanca.

Salamanca, Spain🇪🇸❤️ Europe

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The text is totally mine and the photos too, by ©Duvinca

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¡Que bueno, tu si encontraste y lograste fotografiar al famoso astronauta! 😅

Yo la verdad que no lo ubique, sin excusas pero a mi favor, estuvimos muy pocas horas en Salamanca y para ser sinceros, hacia mucho frio, mucho viento y nos enfocamos a disfrutar cuanto churro con chocolate de naranja caliente nos encontrábamos. 😂😂

Quedo como tarea pendiente para nuestra próxima visita a esa hermosa ciudad.

¡Sí, el astronauta es lo mejor! Bueno es que entre lo de buscar la rana y el astronauta, había que verlo, yo estuve como 24 horas así flash! Pero pude ver bastantes cosas rápidamente, fui en verano con lo que el panorama cambia bastante, además no había tanto ambiente juvenil universitario, más tranquilidad, calorcito y día soleado. Una ciudad muy bonita, muy intensa con muchas cosas!
Hay sitios a los que hay que volver si quedan cosas pendientes como ésa jaja, y a ti no te queda tan lejos... 😉
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Yes! the astronaut is the best! Well between looking for the frog and the astronaut, we had to see it, I spent like 24 hours like that flash! But I was able to see a lot of things quickly, I went in summer so the panorama changes a lot, plus there was not so much youth university atmosphere, more tranquility, warmth and sunny day. A very beautiful city, very intense with many things!
There are places you have to return to if there are things like that pending jaja, and it's not that far away for you... 😉

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Good morning dear friend @duvinca
I appreciate you inviting us to visit this beautiful city, I love its pedestrian streets and buildings, I am passionate about architectural delights. Beautiful period buildings, admired the details that make the construction unique
Beautiful shots, excellent shots, congratulations. Thank you very much for sharing this experience

Hello dear @jlufer! Thanks a lot for your nice comment!
If there is an interesting city in the heart of Spain this is Salamanca, there are a lot of beautiful places to see, very important and amazing, so I wanted to share at least a bit.
Happy you like the post!
Have a wonderful weekend!

How beautiful is the city of Salamanca, the details of the university are impressive. What a great tour, thank you for taking us to this beautiful city.

Thanks dear! Yes this university is impressive, it has one of the best facades ever and inside a lot of knowledge... if I'm not wrong the wise king Alfonso X El Sabio was who impulsed the construction. And still this is the most important institution.
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Architecture to feast ones eyes in a place like Salamanca, so much to experience looking at these buildings, it is hard to put into words! Crafts long forgotten in using stone or wood in design, a place I thank you for visiting and sharing.

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😊 Thanks! All that architectural beauty makes me think how talented people were in the past in order to work the stone like this and create those wonders!
And Salamanca is full of fantastic artworks really! And interesting history too.
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Very interesting city to visit! Have a wonderful day.

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Wow what a lovely place to explore. How I wish I can get the chance to visit Spain someday too. My daughter's in Barcelona and has been sharing really lovely places she gets to explore. Thank you for always sharing lovely adventures with us. I really enjoy them a lot. Happy Sunday!


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Greetings @duvinca, what beautiful buildings Salamanca has, I liked its streets, they look quiet to walk and admire the scenery; the cathedral is impressive, how many designs and ornaments on the walls.

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Thanks a lot! 🤩 I really appreciate 🙏 your nice comment and it's true, this is a nice city and there are young people so it's a lively city, and at the same time we find those wonderful buildings like the cathedrals and more!

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This is really a great and remarkable tour of the city. Thank you for bringing us closer to the city despite living far away.
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Greetings @duvinca, Such a fabulous designs and shapes included buildings in this street. Old buildings and cathedrals caught my attention. Old simbols, designs, shapes attract anyone's eyes.

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I am left speechless before so much beauty. What a beautiful city, and so many amazing buildings. I was very surprised by the cosmonaut, it is something very curious, is there any theory about it?

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