Valladolid is an industrial city on the Rio Pisuerga and within
the Ribera del Duero region. It is the capital of the province
of Valladolid, located right in the centre of the region of castile-Leon.
Valladolid, the city on the River
Pisuerga, preserves an interesting group of Renaissance buildings
in its old quarter, with aristocratic houses, religious buildings,
palaces and its unfinished Cathedral, one of its most symbolic
buildings. The 16th-century Plaza Mayor, presided over by a statue
of Count Ansurez, is right in the heart of the city. On one side
of it stands the City Hall, a building from the beginning of
the century crowned by the clock tower. Valladolid is a university
city and has played a leading role in key episodes in Spanish
history. Valladolid has twice been the capital, firstly with
Carlos I in the 16th century and later when Felipe III came to
the throne in the 17th century.
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