Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Valladolid, Spain

The Compañía del Ferrocarril Económico de Valladolid a Medina de Rioseco was a Spanish railway company that operated between 1881 and 1930.It was also known as the "donkey train" because of its slowness, as Blas Pajarero implies in "Retazos de Torozos":

Wikipedia: Compañía del Ferrocarril Económico de Valladolid a Medina de Rioseco (ES)

The church of San Nicolás de Bari is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the center of the city of Valladolid, in the province of the same name of the community of Castile and León, Spain.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Nicolás (Valladolid) (ES)

The Plaza de la Trinidad is located northwest of the city of Valladolid (Spain), near the Pisuerga River. It belongs to the historic neighborhood of San Nicolás. The square is very wide and its southern flank is completely open to the street of San Quirce. It is home to three notable and important buildings in the history of Valladolid: the Palace of the Counts of Benavente, the Convent of San Quirce and the Church of San Nicolás.

Wikipedia: Plaza de la Trinidad (Valladolid) (ES)

The Old Coso, today Plaza del Viejo Coso or Plaza del Coso, was the first bullring of Valladolid, built in the nineteenth century. Until that date, bullfighting celebrations were held in the Plaza Mayor and surrounding areas to the door of the countryside or in the Plaza Vieja or San Pablo, in which wooden stands were placed for the spectators, imitating models such as the square of Peñafiel's Coso.

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Playa de las Moreras is a river beach located in the city of Valladolid. It is located parallel to the Paseo de Isabel la Católica, bordering the Francisco Sabadell Rose Garden and part of the left bank of the Pisuerga River. The beach dates back to the 1950s.

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The Rosaleda Francisco Sabadell is one of the oldest gardens in Valladolid. It is next to the left bank of Pisuerga, extending along its route from the Poniente bridge to Isabel la Católica, lining in turn with the Isabel la Católica Paseo and Las Moreras beach. Its extension is 35,738 m².

Wikipedia: Rosaleda Francisco Sabadell (ES)

The church of San Lorenzo is a temple located in Valladolid. The Virgin of San Lorenzo is the patron saint of the city of Valladolid and her holiday is celebrated on September 8.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Lorenzo (Valladolid) (ES)

The Monument to Count Ansúrez is an instance of public art in Valladolid, Spain. Located at the Plaza Mayor, it consists of a bronze statue of Count Pedro Ansúrez, founder of the town of Valladolid in the 11th century, topping off a stone pedestal with additional sculptural elements.

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Los Colossi is the name of a fountain in Valladolid, Spain; It is located in the Plaza de la Rinconada, approximately in the same space where its ancestor was, called the Rinconada fountain, of which there was not one stone left when it was completely dismantled when the square was remodeled at the end of the nineteenth century. The difference between one and the other is that La Rinconada was a public or neighborhood fountain while Los Colossi was born as a decorative fountain. It was built in 1996 by the architect Fernando González Poncio with sculptures by Pedro Monje.

Wikipedia: Fuente de Los Colosos (ES)

The Mercado del Val is a market in Valladolid, Spain. It is an example of iron architecture. It stands in the Plaza del Val, next to the church of San Benito el Real. It is the oldest market preserved in the city, after the demolition of those of El Campillo and Portugalete, the three built during the mayoralty of Miguel Íscar Juárez. It is inspired by Les Halles in Paris, and was built between 1878 and 1882, with a project by the architect Joaquín Ruiz Sierra.

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The Penitential Church of Santa Vera Cruz is a temple located in the center of the city of Valladolid on the historic Calle Platerías.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de la Santa Vera Cruz (Valladolid) (ES)

The Teatro Calderón de la Barca is a theater in Valladolid, Spain. It is named after the playwright Pedro Calderón de la Barca.

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The Golden Fountain was a public fountain in the city of Valladolid, Spain. It was the eponym of the square that bears the same name located in a place near the Plaza Mayor: the Plaza de Fuente Dorada. It was built in 1618 under the direction of Diego de Praves, master architect of the City Council and was supplied by the Argales water flow. This fountain underwent many changes and remodeling over the centuries. Nothing remains of the primitive source, only some description such as the one given by Ventura Pérez in his Diario de Valladolid. The last structural change was in 1998 under the direction of the architect Fernando González Poncio; this architect not only planned the square but built a new fountain with the title of "Allegory of the Guilds".

Wikipedia: Fuente Dorada (ES)

The Gutiérrez passage is a covered shopping arcade in the city of Valladolid inaugurated in 1886, located between Fray Luis de León and Castelar streets. This type of gallery arose in Paris as a result of the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century. They were conceived as passageways that served as communication between busy streets and intended to expand space for commerce. In Spain, the Gutiérrez passage, along with the Lodares de Albacete passage and the Ciclón de Zaragoza passage, are the only 3 remaining examples of this type of gallery.

Wikipedia: Pasaje Gutiérrez (ES)

The statue of Cervantes is located in the square of the University of Valladolid, placed in front of it.

Wikipedia: Estatua de Cervantes (Valladolid) (ES)

The façade of the University of Valladolid of Spain was built between 1716 and 1718 in the Baroque style. The architect Fray Pedro de la Visitacion supervised the construction. The façade was part of a project to enlarge the buildings of the university.

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The church of San Martín y San Benito el Viejo is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the center of the city of Valladolid, in the province of the same name in the Community of Castile and León, Spain. An Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC), it has been a National Historic-Artistic Monument since 1993.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Martín (Valladolid) (ES)

The Chancery Prison of Valladolid is a building designed in classicist style by the architect Nicolás Bueno and carried out by Felipe Berrojo, Juan de Median Argüelles, Juan Tejedor Lozano, and Pedro de Biermo, during the years 1675 and 1679. It is located in the municipality of Valladolid, in the Province of Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León, Spain, where the Reina Sofía Library is currently located. It is located in the centre of the city along with the Palacio de los Vivero, the Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, the Church of San Pedro Apóstol and the Convent of the Descalzas Reales. It was the prison for prisoners whose cases were handled by the Tribunal of the Royal Audience. It was for years a prison in Valladolid until 1935, when what is now the "Esgueva" Civic Center was inaugurated.

Wikipedia: Cárcel de la Chancillería de Valladolid (ES)

The Church of San Benito el Viejo was a church located in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain, constituting the chapel of the palace of the Count of Gondomar or Casa del Sol. In 2012 it was rehabilitated and deconsecrated to integrate, together with the palace, within the complex of the National Museum of Sculpture, bordering, being separated by a garden, with the school of San Gregorio, the main headquarters.

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