Salamanca Salamanca is a so stepped in history
that it is a UNESCO World Heritage City. The origins of this hark back to Celtic times. This is a
dynamic, welcoming city, where old and new, culture and work blend together
seamlessly, allowing you to enjoy the city fully. Salamanca is an extremely
popular destination for study abroad students.
The Plaza Mayor is one
of Salamanca's jewels and one of the most important main squares in Spain.
It is one of the greatest plazas in the world. The Arcaded contains numerous
medallions, such as Friar Luis de León and Unamuno, and others historically
famous persons. Ambling through the eighty or so arches around the
square, you discover the City Hall which is designed in the same style.
The major Renaissance palaces, such as palaces of Salina, Orellana and
Anaya, are simply stunning. Enjoy the Clerecía or monastery; a Baroque
construction that now houses the Pontifical University. Museo de Salamanca,
an old Gothic-Renaissance house belonging to the Álvarez Abarcas. ".Museo de
Historia de la Ciudad found in the town's former Episcopalian Palace.Museo
de Art Decó y Art Nouveauis ; displaying more than 1,600 pieces, dating from
the 19th to 20th centuries.Casa-Museo Unamuno ;house-museum Miguel de
Unamuno, dating from the 18th century.Museo Taurino shows everything about
the animal, bullfighting and the context. Bullfighter's suits,
photographs, red capes, swords, banderillas and capes emulate the chronicle
of a bullfight in a big bullring.
Spanish Language Schools in
Salamanca & surroundings
Capilla Dorada School
Salamanca
Web Site:
www.capilladorada.com/
E-mail:
c-dorada@teleline.es
The
school is situated in the middle of the historical centre,
sharing location with the monumental and commercial area, in
a pedestrian and university street, far away from urban
noises.In
our school you are able to feel History. Exactly in the same
place where the school is nowadays, there was the chapel’s
duplicate of the “Capilla
Dorada”
(“the Golden Chapel”) of the New Cathedral, which is
supposedly the most beautiful chapel of the Cathedral. This is
still written in our coat of arms and lintels dating from
1425.