Ciudad Vieja de Salamanca

The historical center of the major cities in Europe's tourism has its own characteristics, and the historical center of Salamanca is also quite characteristic. The unified architectural style, stone color, etc. give people a sense of the overall effect. Many stone carvings can be said to be complicated and complicated, it is worth strolling slowly.

In the north of Spain, there is an ancient city called Salamanca, which was once the cultural center of Spain and has the oldest university in Spain, the University of Salamanca (founded in the 13th century), one of the university's most famous alumni, the author of Don Quixote, Cervantes, Spain's greatest writer. Walking through this beautiful ancient city is like visiting a museum of open-air architecture. A wonderful old building - a magnificent church, a silversmith's carved gateway to the university, a delicate and strange shell palace (now a public library, free to visit), shining in the afternoon sun... Salamanca was once Carthage in the 3rd century BC Conquest, then this became a Roman settlement, and then in the 11th century was occupied by the Moors... Now, the former rulers are all turned into historical dust, only architecture, still quietly presenting the Roman style, Gothic style, Moorish style, Renaissance style and Baroque style. The ancient and beautiful university town, accumulated in the long river of history for hundreds of years, some historical traditions that belong to it only belong to it, should be a logical thing: if you are the first time to come to the ancient city, the enthusiastic guide will definitely bring a touch of cunning air, Show you the astronaut carved into the exterior of the new Roman church. When you are confused and confused, he will tell you immediately that it is actually a repairman left behind in 1992 when the church was repaired. It is a unique tradition to leave symbols of a certain era on the church building as "signatures". When you ask the guide curiously why do the walls of different buildings on both sides of the street always see red graffiti, some like capitalized English "Victory"? A second tradition was drawn from the 15th century, students with doctorate degrees would go to bullfighting to celebrate, then write “Victory” on the wall with bull blood and indicate their name and date. This tradition continues today, but bull blood has been replaced with less bloody red paint. If you just walk to the old silversmith-style school of the University of Salamanca (facing the square of Anaya, which stands a statue of the brilliant Spanish Renaissance poet Luis de León), you will definitely see many tourists gather there, They all face to the gate, head high, seem to be desperately searching for something... By the way, there is a third tradition here, that is, finding a small frog in the incomparable relief of the school gate. It is said that the students of Sada University will pass the exam if they find the frog. Did you find the little frog hiding on a hoe? The center of the city, Majoor Square, is an extremely important place in the ancient city of Salamanca, like the living room of the family, plays an indispensable role in people's lives. Countless cafes, restaurants, bars, gift shops and young students and tourists fill the square with youthful vitality. The porch around the square carved a lot of famous Spanish literary, poet and other famous people's memorial statues, smart you, can you find one is Cervantes?