This is Valladolid !!!

Posted in Europe, Food and Wine, Spain

We are back to my dear Spain again !! love it !! We came by car of course and took time to see new areas and old repeat with some of them as introduction to my sons and our dog Rex ! I rented a small house in a off the beaten path country town that was just perfect ! I like to continue my road warrior stories with an introduction to Valladolid, Therefore, here is my take on this is Valladolid !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

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The town of Valladolid is in the province of Valladolid, in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y Léon, only 202 km from from Madrid, I leave you here with some pics on the wonderful architecture. The city has a loadful of things to see needing more time than this road warrior had ,but some of the places seen (see posts ) are:

On Calle Fray Luis de Granada ,José Zorrilla lived, and welcomes the Zorrilla Museum House. Plaza de España; Plaza de Colon the Monument to Columbus , Casa Cervantes, the oldest and most emblematic park of the city is the Campo Grande; Plaza Mayor Catedral de Nstra Sra de la Asuncion, Museo de Esculturas inside the,Colegio de San Gregorio ,palacio de villena Calle Fray Luis de Granada. The Puente Mayor bridge. In the Plaza de San Pablo, is the Church of San Pablo, on the opposite side of the square, the former Palacio Real, the corner with the Calle de Las Angustias is occupied by the Pimentel Palace, and Calle Cadenas de San Gregorio house the four units of the National Sculpture Museum; the Penitential Church Nuestra Señora de las Angustias , the Calderón de la Barca Theater. Behind the theater is the Archbishop Palace, The Plaza Mayor is the first regular square of Spain, the current one, has the City/town hall of four towers ,and in front of the city hall, in the place that occupied until the 19C the convent of San Francisco, the Church of San Benito el Viejo, the Palace of Villena and the Palace of the Count of Gondomar (Casa del Sol). The Plaza de la Rinconada, behind the City/Town Council, in which the Post and Telegraphs palace is, the Church of San Benito el Real, very close, the Church of San Miguel and San Julián, At Calle San Ignacio the palace of the Marqués de Valverde, and the Palace of Fabio Nelli, are accessed, for a small entrance. In the Plaza de las Brígidas is the convent of Las Brígidas, now converted into the General Archive of Castilla y León. The Penitential Church of Nuestra Señora de la Vera Cruz at the end of Calle de la Plateria ,the Collegiate Church Santa María la Antigua, the unfinished Cathedral Santa Maria ; Bordering the Campo Grande park, on the Acera de Recoletos, buildings are maintained from the late 19C and early 20C, The Casa Mantilla 1891, Casa Resines 1891, and Casa del Principe of 1906,

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After crossing the Acera de Recoletos you reach the Plaza de Colón, the Paseo de Zorrilla is the main boulevard of the city, Calle Santiago , which flows into the Plaza Mayor and Calle Miguel Iscar , Calle Duque de la Victoria and the Plaza de España. The, Palacio de Santa Cruz first Renaissance building in Spain, erected from 1486. The Palacio de los Vivero, the Catholic kings (Fernando II and Isabel I) contracted marriage in 1469, and then decided their destiny as a Real Audiencia y Chancillería. Or royal audience and chancery,  Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus) died in Valladolid, on May 20, 1506, this building today houses the. Casa Museo de Colón on Calle Colon, is recorded that it was in the former convent of San Francisco located between Calle Santiago and Plaza Mayor where he died , in the Plaza de Colon the Monument to Columbus. In the Plaza de la Universidad ,the statue to Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, with a period, pen and book in Ristre, the oldest and most emblematic park of the city is the Campo Grande; The National Museum of Sculpture inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption is the Diocesan and Cathedral Museum, the Cervantes Museum House is located in the property occupied by the writer Miguel de Cervantes is also the headquarters of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.

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The Valladolid International Airport is located 10 km from the city, in the town of Villanubla, at about 846 meters above sea level, it was opened in 1938. The bus ride from the airport to the center of Valladolid takes about 25 minutes. Buses pass through the airport approximately every 90 minutes, between 8h and 21h. More on the Valladolid airport from AENA: http://www.aena.es/en/valladolid-airport/city-buses.html

By the road, the way I have come is easy and even more so now with the A-6, which allows you to reach Madrid in two hours as well as one hour from Segovia by the A601, Salamanca by the A62, Burgos by the A62 , and Zamora by the A11 and A62. The journey, by national road, does not reach two hours from León. The best way in Spain to drive other than a GPS is Guia Repsol for travel routes, tourist info, etc: https://www.guiarepsol.com/es/descubrir/

The Spanish High Speed (AVE) allows you to set foot in Madrid in just 50 minutes! In addition, thanks to the Avant train service, you can come from Madrid at almost any time of the day: Valladolid is also one of the towns integrated in the Ave Cities Network. More on the AVE network here:https://avexperience.es/online/valladolid.htm

A bit on the history I like(a tiny bit) tell us the reconquest of Valladolid from the Moors took place in the 10C. From the 12C, the city was favored by the King of Castilla, who directly appointed the main notables and officers. In 1343, the university was founded which will give a number of jurists to the Crown. In 1373, Henri II de Trastamara installed the Royal Chancellery there, and was the residence of the kings of Castile from the 15C until Felipe II made Madrid the capital of the kingdom in 1561; however, Valladolid temporarily became capital again from 1600 to 1606. The city was the scene of the Valladolid controversy which in 1550 focused on the status of American Indians and which opposed the Dominican Bartolomé de Las Casas (a famous figure in Latin America) and the theologian Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda. The departure of the court in October 1559 causes the stop of the urban extension. In the 14C, Valladolid was the third or fourth city of old Castilla after Seville and Toledo. The historical archives of Spain constitute a considerable collection with the first documents date from before the 10C and extend to the contemporary period. They are supplemented by the provincial archives held in each region formerly corresponding to the sovereign lordships.

The Valladolid tourist office on its heritage : https://www.info.valladolid.es/que-ver-10-imprescindibles

The town of Valladolid on its heritage : https://www.valladolid.es/fr/gente/visitantes

The Castilla y Léon regional tourist office on Valladolid : https://www.turismocastillayleon.com/en/art-culture-heritage/provincial-capitals/valladolid

There you go folks , another wonderful nostalgic, sentimental trip to my dear Spain, Valladolid is nice, awesome will say back after so many years it seems all for the first time, and love it ! We will be back, eventually, Very convenient on off the A62 A6 highways connecting to all of Castilla y Léon and Comunidad de Madrid regions, Again, hope you enjoy this post on this is Valladolid as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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