Salamanca

E55297

city municipality university

Salamanca is a historic city in western Spain renowned for its ancient university, golden sandstone architecture, and well-preserved medieval old town.

Aliases (1)

University of Salamanca ×5

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality → university →
capitalOf	Province of Salamanca →
climate	Mediterranean climate with continental influences →
coordinateLocation	40.9667°N 5.6500°W →
country	Spain →
demonym	salmantina → salmantino →
economicActivity	education → services → tourism →
elevation	approximately 800 meters above sea level →
foundedIn	1218 → pre-Roman period →
founder	Alfonso IX of León →
hasLandmark	Casa de las Conchas → Clerecía Church → Convento de San Esteban → New Cathedral of Salamanca → Old Cathedral of Salamanca → Plaza Mayor of Salamanca →
hasPopulation	approximately 140000 inhabitants →
hasUniversity	University of Salamanca →
heritageCriteria	UNESCO cultural site →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
heritageDesignationDate	1988 →
historicalCulture	Celtiberian → Medieval Christian → Roman →
knownFor	Baroque and Renaissance architecture → Casa de las Conchas → New Cathedral of Salamanca → Old Cathedral of Salamanca → Plaza Mayor of Salamanca → University of Salamanca → golden sandstone architecture → well-preserved medieval old town →
locatedIn	Castile and León → Salamanca → western Spain →
locatedOnRiver	Tormes River →
officialLanguage	Spanish →
oneOf	oldest universities in Europe →
partOf	Province of Salamanca →
postalCodeRange	37001–37008 →
regionCode	ES-CL →
timeZone	CEST → CET →
universityCity	true →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
University of Salamanca → University of Salamanca →	locatedIn
Nationalist faction (Spain) →	capitalControlled
Douro River →	cityOnRiver
Valladolid-Campo Grande railway station →	connectsTo
Castile and León →	containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Francisco de Vitoria →	deathPlace
Douro River →	flowsThrough
Condor Legion →	garrison
Castile and León →	hasHistoricCity
Würzburg →	hasTwinTown
Meseta Central →	majorCity
Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal →	marriagePlace
José María Gil-Robles →	placeOfBirth
Reims →	twinnedWith