Aulario de San Isidro

University of Salamanca San Isidro lecture hall. Built in 1935 as a bus station on the site of the former Iglesia de San Isidro. The portal of the church was preserved as the entrance. Adaptive reuse by the university in 1976. Plaza de San Isidro, 1. DSC_0188p1

Salamanca

October 17th 2022
An all-day coach trip to Salamanca was the agenda for today. From Barca d'Alba we crossed the Águeda river, a Douro tributary, to enter Spain. The mountains of Portugal extended briefly into Spain, but shortly thereafter we were crossing the high plateau of central Spain, known as the Meseta, This region is part of Castille and Léon. The landscape and vegetation here, like the plateau in La Manc ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more

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