Congreso del Jamon Salamanca
Salamanca is the quintessential university city. It is internationally renowned for this and also for its artistic heritage: cathedrals, palaces, churches, etc. all of which belong to different artistic styles, including Romanesque, Gothic, Plateresque and Baroque. Situated on the banks of the Tormes River , it covers 12,336 Km 2 , and currently has 159,000 inhabitants. |
In spite of its extreme weather (with a cold dry winter and hot summer), it has enough attractions to allow its visitors to enjoy their stay, a city where the activities related to tourism and leisure play a leading role. |
Salamanca depends on the services sector in all that it covers: the civil and clerical administration, commerce, the tourism industry, entertainment businesses, culture, and especially the University of Salamanca and the Pontifical University. The regional government of Castilla Leon (Regional community to which the city of Salamanca belongs) has placed the Regional Film Library and a convention centre (Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones) in Salamanca. This allows the city to hold a great number of cultural activities. The two universities have nearly 40,000 students at present. |
Salamanca is one of the Spanish cities with most monuments and possesses some of the most important historical monuments in Spain. This heritage has been enriched by the many leisure and cultural activities carried out in the city and also by the opening of new museums and exhibitions as for example "The Fourth Phase of The Ages of Man", held from 1993-1994, or the holding of titles such as the title of “European Capital of Culture” awarded in 2002 and the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the construction of the Plaza Mayor in 2005. |