Zamora

Zamora is a city in Castile and Leon, Spain, the capital of the region of Zamora. It lies on a rough slope in the northwest, close to the outskirts with Portugal and crossed by the Duero waterway, which is somewhere in the range of 50 kilometers downstream as it achieves the Portuguese fringe. Zamora is the city with the most Romanesque houses of worship in all of Europe. The most vital festival in Zamora is the Holy Week.

Principle sights of Zamora include:

• San Juan de Puerta Nueva Church
• San Isidoro Church
• Episcopal Palace
• The Penas de Santa Marta, a rough level along the edge of the Douro River on which settled the first inhabitors of the town, with the Cathedral on the left.
• House of prayer, in Romanesque style, dating to the 12th century, taking just 23 years to assemble.
• Medieval Castle of Zamora.
• Palacio de los Condes de Alba y Aliste, worked in 1459 by the principal Count of Alva y Aliste. It flaunts a porch and staircase enhanced with carvings by craftsmen from Lombardy.
• Calle Balborraz.
• Church of San Pedro y San Ildefonso, worked from the11th century, most likely over a Visigothic sanctuary.
• Church of Santa Maria Magdalena. The southern facade is in Romanesque style, going back to the 13th century.
• Church of San Isidoro. It has one nave, having a square real sanctuary. The outside highlights two ogival arcades with archivolts.