Palencia
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General information
Native name	Palencia (Spanish)
Spanish name	Palencia
Postal code	34---
Website	http://www.aytopalencia.es/
Administration
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Castile and León
Province	Palencia
Comarca	Tierra de Campos
Mayor	Heliodoro Gallego Cuesta (PSOE)
Geography
Land Area	94,71 km²
Altitude	749 m AMSL
Population
Population	82.263 (2007)
Density	868,58 hab./km² (2007)

Cathedral of Palencia

Cristo del Otero, by Víctorio Macho. It's the second largest Christ statue in the world, after the Corcovado, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Palencia is a city in the northwest of the Tierra de Campos of northwest Spain, the capital of the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. The municipality had a population of 80,801 in 2002. A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ... Postal codes are generally clearly visible outside local Australian post offices. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... The term Administration, as used in the context of government, differs according to jurisdiction. ... In political geography and international politics, a country is a political division of a geographical entity, a sovereign territory, most commonly associated with the notions of state or nation and government. ... Spains fifty provinces (provincias) are grouped into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades aut nomas), in addition to two African autonomous cities (ciudades aut nomas) (Ceuta and Melilla). ... Capital Valladolid Official language(s) Spanish/Castilian Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked  94,223 km²  18. ... A province is a territorial unit, almost always a country subdivision. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... In physics, density is mass m per unit volume V. For the common case of a homogeneous substance, it is expressed as: where, in SI units: ρ (rho) is the density of the substance, measured in kg·m-3 m is the mass of the substance, measured in kg V is... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (960 × 1280 pixel, file size: 187 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Vista de la Catedral de Palencia desde la Plaza de la Inmaculada File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (960 × 1280 pixel, file size: 187 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Vista de la Catedral de Palencia desde la Plaza de la Inmaculada File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 409 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (718 × 1052 pixel, file size: 209 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Cristo del Otero, en Palencia (España), obra de Víctorio Macho. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 409 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (718 × 1052 pixel, file size: 209 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Cristo del Otero, en Palencia (España), obra de Víctorio Macho. ... Corcovado mountain The statue of Cristo Redentor ontop of Corcovado Corcovado, meaning hunchback in Portuguese, is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ... Location of Rio de Janeiro Coordinates: Country Brazil Region Southeast State Rio de Janeiro Government  - Mayor Cesar Maia (PFL) Area  - City 1,260 km²  (486. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... Autonomous communities of Spain. ... Capital Valladolid Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 1st  94,223 km²  18,6% Population  â€“ Total (2005)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 6th  2,510,849  5. ...

Palencia contains a few historic sights. The Roman bridge across the Carrión river was replaced by the medieval one of three arches: the old section of the city is on the left bank, the modern suburban development is on the right bank: it seems likely that the first inhabitants settled on the right bank, and later moved to the left bank — set in higher ground — because of the frequent floodings. The old city walls more than 10 meters high can still be traced; the alamedas or promenades along them were laid out in 1778. The flamboyant Gothic Cathedral built from 1321 to 1504 and dedicated to San Antolín, stands over a low vaulted Visigothic crypt; its museum contains a number of important works of art, including a retablo of twelve panels by Juan de Flandes, court painter to Queen Isabella of Castile. The Archeological Museum contains Celtiberian ceramics. Palencia is also famous for the 13th-century church of San Miguel and the Benedictine monastery of San Zoilo, housed in an 18th-century rococo structure by Juan de Badajoz. The Carrión is a river in northern Spain. ... For other uses, see Cathedral (disambiguation). ... Crypt is also a commonly used name of water trumpets, aquatic plants. ... Pala dOro. ... Resurrection of Lazarus, c. ... Isabella of Castile Isabella I (April 22, 1451 – November 26, 1504) was Queen regnant of Castile and Leon. ... Main language areas in Iberia circa 200 BC. The Celtiberians (or Celt-Iberians)[1] were a Celtic people of late La Tène culture living in the Iberian Peninsula, chiefly in what is now north central Spain and northern Portugal, before and during the Roman Empire. ... North side of the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo - carriage courtyard: all the stucco details sparkled with gold until 1773, when Catherine II had gilding replaced with olive drab paint. ...

History

Under Rome. The fortified Celtiberian settlement, was rendered as Pallantia (Παλλαντία) by Strabo and Ptolemy (ii. 6. § 50) and the Romans, a version possibly of the Celtic root pala, "plain". It was the chief town of the Vaccaei, although Strabo wrongly assigns it to the Arevaci. The city was starved into submission in the second century BCE and incorporated into the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis, in the jurisdiction of Clunia. Though the little Roman garrison city was an active mint, it was insignificant compared to the Roman villas of Late Antiquity in the surrounding territory. Archeologists have uncovered the remains of Roman villas at La Olmeda and at the "Quintanilla de la Cueza," where the fragments of mosaic floors are spectacularly refined. According to the fifth-century Galician chronicler Idatius, the city of Palencia was all but destroyed (457) in the Visigothic wars against the Suevi: the date falls in the reign of Theodoric II, whose power center still lay far to the east, in Aquitania. When the Visigoths conquered the territory, however, they retained the Roman rural villa system in establishing the Campos Góticos. Main language areas in Iberia circa 200 BC. The Celtiberians (or Celt-Iberians)[1] were a Celtic people of late La Tène culture living in the Iberian Peninsula, chiefly in what is now north central Spain and northern Portugal, before and during the Roman Empire. ... The Greek geographer Strabo in a 16th century engraving. ... A medieval artists rendition of Claudius Ptolemaeus Claudius Ptolemaeus (Greek: ; ca. ... The Vacceos were an ancient tribe who settled in the Meseta Central of northern Hispania (in modern Spain). ... The Arevaci were an ancient Celtiberian tribe who settled in the Meseta Central of northern Hispania. ... Roman Imperial province of Hispania Tarraconensis, 120 AD Hispania Tarraconensis was one of three Roman provinces in Hispania. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Roman Empire contained many kinds of villas. ... Late Antiquity is a rough periodization (c. ... Mosaic is the art of decoration with small pieces of colored glass, stone or other material. ... Galicia (Spain) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Written by Michael Kulikowski, Modifed by Wikipedia contributors, published by Wikimedia Hydatius (c. ... The Suebi or Suevi were a Germanic people whose origin was near the Baltic Sea . ... Theodoric II murdered his older brother Thorismund to become king of the Visigoths in 453 CE. Edward Gibbon writes that he justified this atrocious deed by the design which his predecessor had formed of violating his alliance with the empire. ... History In Roman times, the province of Gallia Aquitania originally comprised the region of Gaul between the Pyrenees Mountains and the Garonne River, but Augustus Caesar added to it the land between the Garonne and the Loire River. ...

Under the Bishops. In the city itself, a Catholic bishopric of Palencia had been founded in the third century or earlier,^[1] if its bishop was among those assembled in the third century to depose Basilides, bishop of Astorga. With the arrival of effective Visigothic power, official Arians and opposition Catholics disputed the bishopric of Palencia. Priscillian's ascetic heresy, which originated in Galicia, spread over the Tierra de Campos ruled by the Arian Visigoths, and was opposed by Toribius, Bishop of Astorga. Maurila, an Arian bishop established in Palencia by Leovigild, followed King Reccared's conversion to Catholicism (587), and in 589 he assisted at the Third Council of Toledo. Bishop Conantius, the biographer of Saint Ildephonsus, assisted at synods and councils in Toledo and composed music and a book of prayers from the Psalms; he ruled the see for more than thirty years, and had for pupil Fructuosus of Braga. This article is about theological views like those of Arius. ... Priscillian of Avila (died 385) was a Spanish theologian and the founder of a party which advocated strong asceticism. ... Motto: Galiza Ceibe Capital Santiago de Compostela Official languages Galician and Castilian Area  – Total  – % of Spain Ranked 7th  29 574 km²  5,8% Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density Ranked 5th  2 737 370  6,5%  92,36/km² Demonym  – English  – Galician  &#8211... Saint Toribius (Turibius) of Astorga (fl. ... Liuvigild (Leuvigild, Leuvigildo, Leovigild, Leovigildo, Leogild) reigned 569/572—April 21, 586 CE. He was one of the more effective Visigothic kings of Spain, the restorer of Visigothic unity, ruling from his capital newly established at Toledo, where he settled towards the end of his reign. ... Coin of Reccared The Visigothic king Reccared (ruled 586—601) was the younger son of Liuvigild by his first marriage. ... marks the entry of Catholic Christianity into the rule of Visigothic Spain. ... Alfonso (Italian and Spanish), Alfons (Catalan and German), Afonso (Portuguese), Affonso (Ancient Portuguese), Alphonse (French and English), Alphons (Dutch), Alphonso (English and Filipino), or Alphonzo (English) is a masculine name, originally from the Gothic language. ... For the martyr-saint of Tarragona, see Fructuosus. ...

Under the Moors. When the Moors arrived in the early eighth century, resistance was fragmented among bishops in control of the small walled towns, and the territorial magnates in their fortified villas. A concerted resistance seems to have been ineffective, and the fragmented system crumbled villa by villa. Palencia was insignificant: Moorish writers only once cite the border city in the division of the provinces previous to the Ummayyad dynasty. The diocese of Palencia was but a name— a "titular see"— until Froila, Count of Villafruela, succeeded in retaking the area of the see in 921, but the true restorer of Christian power was Sancho III of Navarre. At Palencia El Cid married his Ximena in 1074. The Umayyad Dynasty (Arabic الأمويون / بنو أمية umawiyy; in Turkish, Emevi) was the first dynasty of caliphs of the Prophet Muhammad who were not closely related to Muhammad himself, though they were of the same Meccan tribe, the... When first appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Honolulu in Hawaii, Joseph Anthony Ferrario became a titular bishop of the titular see of the ancient Egyptian city of Cusae. ... Sancho III (c. ... Statue of El Cid in Burgos. ...

Under the restored Bishops. The first prelate of the restored see (1035) is said to have been Bernardo, whom Sancho gave feudal command over the city and its lands, with the various castles and the few abbeys. Bernardo was born in France or Navarre, and devoted himself to the reconstruction of the original cathedral built over the crypt of the local Saint Antolín (Antoninus), the patron saint of Palencia, who is venerated here alone, with his Ferias, a moveable feast in September. The cathedral was rebuilt again three centuries later. Its principal treasures were relics of Antoninus, formerly venerated in Aquitania, whence they had been brought. Alfonso VI conferred many privileges on Bernardo's successor, Raimundo. Pedro of Agen in France, one of the noted men brought in by Bishop Bernardo of Toledo, succeeded Bishop Raimundo. A supporter of Queen Urraca, he was imprisoned by Alfonso I of Aragon. In 1113 a provincial council was held in Palencia by Archbishop Bernardo to quell the disorders of the epoch. The long and beneficent administration of Pedro was succeeded by that of Pedro II, who died in Almeria and was succeeded by Raimundo II. Bishop Tello took part in the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212, where Palencia won the right to emblazon the cross over its castle. Feudalism comes from the Late Latin word feudum, itself borrowed from a Germanic root *fehu, a commonly used term in the Middle Ages which means fief, or land held under certain obligations by feodati. ... Urraca may mean: Urraca of Castile (1082 - 1129), who was Queen of Castile and León and aunt to Afonso I. Urraca, princess of Portugal (1151–1188), who was a daughter of Afonso I, king of Portugal and the wife of King Ferdinand II of León. ... Alfonso I of Aragon the Battler (circa 1073-1134, king of Aragon and Navarre 1104-1134). ... Combatants Castile, Aragon, Portugal, Navarre Almohads Commanders Alfonso VIII of Castile Sancho VII of Navarre Peter II of Aragon Afonso II of Portugal Muhammad al-Nasir Strength ~50,000 reliable sources suggest it was between 125,000 - 150,000 ~125,000 - 400,000 Casualties ~2,000 dead or wounded ~100...

University of Palencia.The first university in Castile, the studium generale of Palencia was founded by Alfonso VIII; however, the school did not long survive him. It has been suggested that the 13th-century poet Gonzalo de Berceo studied at the University during its brief existence. The teachers from Palencia were drawn to the thriving University of Salamanca. Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... Alfonso VIII, centre, and Queen Eleanor, left. ... Gonzalo de Berceo was born in the end of the 12th century in the Riojan village of Berceo, close to the major Benedictine monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla. ... The University of Salamanca (Spanish: Universidad de Salamanca), located in the town of Salamanca, west of Madrid, is the second oldest university in Spain (the first one is the university of Palencia, now disappeared), and one of the oldest in Europe. ...

Later bishops. In 1410 Bishop Sancho de Rojas fought at the battle of Antequera, where the Infante Ferdinand, regent of Castile and León, defeated Mohammed VII, king of Granada, and in the Treaty of Caspe he aided Ferdinand to secure the crown of Aragon. Saint Vincent Ferrer preached in Palencia, so successfully converting thousands of Jews, the Catholic sources tell, that he was permitted to employ the synagogue for his new-founded hospital of San Salvador, later joined to that of S. Antolin. Ferdinand I (of Aragón and Sicily), called The Just (27 November 1380 – 2 April 1416) was King of Aragón and Sicily from 1412 to 1416. ... Saint Vincent Ferrer Saint Vincent Ferrer, (In Valencian Sant Vicent Ferrer) (January 23, 1350 – April 5, 1419) was a Valencian Dominican missionary and logician; born in Valencia, Kingdom of Valencia (modern day Land of Valencia, Spain). ... A synagogue (from ancient Greek: , transliterated synagogÄ“, assembly; Hebrew: beit knesset, house of assembly; Yiddish: , shul; Ladino: , esnoga) is a Jewish house of worship. ...

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Among the successive bishops of Palencia, who, as feudal lords, were invariably members of the noble families: Image File history File links Commons-logo. ...

• Munio de Zamora
• Sancho de Rojas
• Rodrigo de Velasco (died 1435)
• Rodrigo Sanchez de Arévalo, author of a history of Spain in Latin (1466)
• Iñigo López de Mendoza (1472-1485)
• Bishop Fonseca (1505-1514)
• Pedro de Castilla (1440-1461)
• Fray Alonso de Burgos (1485-1499)
• La Gasca (1550-1561)
• Zapata (1569-1577)
• Alvaro de Mendoza

A short distance south of the city, in the village of Baños de Cerrato, is the oldest church on the peninsula, a seventh-century basilica dedicated to Saint John and built by the Visigoth King Reccaswinth (died 672). Munio de Zamora (died 1300) became the seventh Master General of the Dominican Order in 1285, thanks in large part to the manipulations performed by his patron Sancho IV of Castile, but was dramatically removed from his office in 1290, in an action that involved the archbishop of Genoa, Jacob... St. ... Migrations The Visigoths were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe (the Ostrogoths being the other). ... Reccesuinth (Recceswinth, Reccaswinth, Recdeswinth) ruled as King of the Visigoths from 649–672: jointly with his father from 649 and as sole king from 653. ...

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1857).

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See also

• List of Spanish cities
• Palencia (province)
• List of municipalities in Palencia

These are some cities of Spain: Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) Alcobendas (Madrid) Alcorcón (Madrid) Albacete Algeciras (Cádiz) Alicante Almería Altea (Alicante) Aranjuez (Madrid) Ávila Avilés (Asturias) Ayamonte (Huelva) Badajoz Badalona (Barcelona) Bailén (Jaén) Barcelona Benidorm (Alicante) Bilbao/Bilbo (Vizcaya/Bizkaia) Burgos Cáceres C... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon, Spain. ...

External links

• Canal #Palencia Canal #Palencia
• Ayuntamiento de Palencia
• Palencia Joven
• Catholic Encyclopedia: Palencia
• Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911: Palencia
• Palencia church photo
• Checklist of notable sights in Palencia with links

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