Abraham Zacut (Salamanca 1452 Damascus around 1515)

Abraham Zacut (Salamanca 1452 Damascus around 1515)

Abraham Zacuto (also spelled as Zacut or Zacutus) was a Sephardic Jewish astronomer, mathematician, rabbi, and historian. He was born around 1452 in Salamanca, Spain, and died around 1515 in Jerusalem. Zacuto made significant contributions to the fields of astronomy,...
What sport can do to a city

What sport can do to a city

One of the football clubs of Salamanca (Unionistas) has reached the 8th final in the Copa del Rey. The club is just 10 years old, plays in the 3rd division and is the pride of its members. This club also only wants members, not large investors who do not have the...
Graffiti in Salamanca

Graffiti in Salamanca

Salamanca is not only famous for being world heritage city, but in the last 10 years it is getting more and more famous for its graffitied. Let´s go and pay a visit. You have to go to the neighbourhood called Barrio Oeste. It is just outside the old part of Salamanca,...
The golden city

The golden city

This is the name Salamanca gets because of the stone used in almost all the monuments and houses in the center of Salamanca. It really gives the city it´s special glow. If you want to find out more about this beautiful sandstone in which Salamanca is build About where...
Extremadura: A Natural Paradise in Europe

Extremadura: A Natural Paradise in Europe

You may wonder why I put a video about Extremadura in my webpage about Salamanca and the Castilian Leon region. But the reason is simple, it is really a beautiful paradise for wildlife in Spain. Bird watchers paradise and track lovers. You can eat your heart out here,...
Experiences of a local tour guide

Experiences of a local tour guide

Sometimes this job gives you very nice surprises. Last week I had a tour with a Dutch group and with this group a camera team of the Dutch television. The program is called “We are almost there” The program is more about the people in the group. How they manage to...