ALT Travel: Salamanca Spain

THE GRAND EUROPEAN PILGRIMAGE TOUR:
Tour 3  Salamanca, Spain

            

One of the most beautiful stops for new pilgrims - old Spain 1140 - spanning over a century....

Video: http://youtu.be/BgJqJjih0YY

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This is so cool - the New Cathedral even had a sculpture of an "astronaut." (If you look real close - count 3 up).  Old Cathedral and New Cathedral - hybrid of  Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque architectural design.  In 1513, King Ferdinand decided a bigger, more spectacular cathedral be built and over two centuries of construction.

Plaza

                                    Upper right - a skull with frog - some pilgrims had difficulty seeing it

   

                                             Universidad de Salamanca

Foreign students from the U.S. and other countries go to Salamanca as Exchange Students 

                       

                        

                                    Plaza Mayor - where young and old Salamancans hang out.

    

  

Video

Pilgrim's Visit to Salamanca Monumentals

http://youtu.be/BgJqJjih0YY

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Published  10/24/09  lib's labyrinth blogspot

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