Valladolid - Valladolid is a city located in central Spain, is the capital of the province of Valladolid, which is also the capital of the region of Castile and Leon. The name of famous Valladolid days of Islamic rule of Spain proportion of the caliph Walid bin Abdul Malik.
Is likely to be the origin of this term is taken from the Latin: Vallis, meaning "valley"; and Celtic: Tolitum, meaning "place of confluence of water," and it also means "city in the cloud", it is said that the origin of the label due to the Arab "Valladolid" relative to theUmayyad caliph Walid bin Abdul Malik (668-715), who ruled from 705-715. The continued expansion of the Islamic empire, during his reign was an Islamic state in Dhurtha. Valladolid also popularly called Pucela, a name popularly parent is not clear, but probably refers to a small number of knights who accompanied Joan of Arc.
Valladolid landmarks
The city boasts manifestations of its former glory few architectural and include some of the effects unfinished Kkatdraúah Santa Maria la Antigua (Spanish: Santa María la Antigua), Plaza Mayor (the template to the Plaza Mayor of Madrid and the main squares in the world speaking Spanish), and the Museum of Sculpture National, next to St. Paul's Church , which includes the greatest collections of wooden statues, and the Faculty of Law of the University of Valladolid. House of Miguel de Cervantes, the only one who still stands even now exists in Valladolid, Valladolid Cathedral also designed by Juan de Herrera.
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