Salamanca Spain

June 4, 2024

Today was a very busy day with a visit to Salamanca Spain. There was a 2 hour bus ride each way, not my favourite, but it was worth it because Salamanca is a lovely place. We had a guided tour of the old city by a local guide taking in the key site as you will see in the photos. Salamanca is known as the golden city because of the limestone buildings that have a golden hue. It is best known for its university as well as its 2 cathedrals conjoined by one wall. It is truly beautiful.

We stopped along the way at a local producer of Iberian ham. The key to this ham is their feed. The best ham comes from pigs that are fed only acorns (12kg a day) in the last 12 weeks of life. Lesser expensive ham is made with 50% acorn and grains. Nonetheless both are very tasty.

The statue of an old woman who comes to Salamanca at Christmas to make nougat

We were treated to ham, cheese and olives.

One view of the cathedral, more to follow

The good luck symbol for Salamanca is a frog, look closely.

The facade has some new additions, an astronaut and a lion eating ice cream.

Inside the new cathedral. We learned that Spanish cathedrals have a central choir which is unique

A view of the city from the cathedral tower

The unique system they had for dealing with the one way traffic in the tower

The Roman bridge that is still in use as a pedestrian and cycle bridge

A local monument to the pilgrimage, I think.

The famous shelled wall of a building designed to show off, it is now a library.

The tuna (band) from the local medical school that entertained us

The symbol of the University of Salamanca traditionally written in bull’s blood.

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