Salamanca is a town in western Spain where you can walk over a bridge built by the Romans on your way to one of the oldest universities in the world. it has a population of 140,000, if you don’t count the 40,000 university students. The old city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Roman Bridge, which crosses the Tornes River, was originally built in the 1st century when the Romans ruled the Iberian Peninsula. It has been rebuilt numerous times but retains some elements of the original Roman construction.

The University of Salamanca was founded in 1218. It is the third oldest university in Europe behind only Bologna and Oxford.

Luis de Leon was a 16th century Spanish poet and a Professor of Biblical Scholarship at the university.

The Cathedral of Salamanca is really two cathedrals in one. The first was built in the 12th century. A new one was erected in the 16th century, directly adjacent to the existing one.

The choral room

In the old cathedral

Plaza Mayor in the main town square of Salamanca. It was built between 1729 and 1755. Originally it was used for bullfighting.

City Hall

Statue erected to honor a street poet who inhabited this square.

The back of Casa Lis which houses the Art Nouveau and Art Deco Museum