page_title: Zamora, Spain
section_title: Main sights
hierarchical_section_title: Zamora, Spain / Main sights
caption_attribution_description: Español: Las Peñas de Santa Marta, meseta rocosa a orillas del río Duero sobre la que se asentaron los primeros habitantes de Zamora (España), con la Catedral a la izquierda. English: The Peñas de Santa Marta, a rocky plateau at the side of the Douro River on which settled the first inhabitors of Zamora (Spain), with the Cathedral on the left.
context_page_description: Zamora is a city in Castile and León, Spain, the capital of the province of Zamora. It lies on a rocky hill in the northwest, near the frontier with Portugal and crossed by the Duero river, which is some 50 kilometres downstream as it reaches the Portuguese border. With its 24 characteristic Romanesque style churches of the 12th and 13th centuries it has been called a "museum of Romanesque art". Zamora is the city with the most Romanesque churches in all of Europe. The most important celebration in Zamora is the Holy Week.
context_section_description: Main sights of Zamora include:
  Cathedral, in  Romanesque style, dating  to the 12th century, taking only 23 years to build.
  Medieval Castle of Zamora.
  Palacio de los Condes de Alba y Aliste,  built in 1459 by the first Count of Alva y Aliste. It boasts a patio and staircase decorated with  carvings by artists from Lombardy.
  Calle Balborraz.
  Church of San Pedro y San Ildefonso, built from the 11th century, probably over a Visigothic temple. It was reformed in Romanesque style in the 12th–13th centuries, but was much renovated in the 15th and 18th centuries. It has presently a single nave with cross vaults
  Church of Santa María Magdalena. The southern façade is in Romanesque style, dating back to the 13th century.
  Church of San Isidoro (12th century). It has one nave, having a square major chapel. The exterior features two ogival arcades with archivolts.
  Church of San Claudio de Olivares, known from the  12th century. Of small size, it has a single nave with a presbytery and a semicircular apse. The columns of the nave have carvings.
  Church of San Juan de Puerta Nueva (12th century stained glass circular window, symbol of Zamora).
  Church of Santa María la Nueva (12th century, baptistery dating back to the 13th century).
  Church of Santiago  de los Caballeros (11th century), located outside the city walls. El Cid was created knight here.
  Church of Santiago El Burgo (Southern façade, 12th century Romanesque)
  City walls: three walled enclosures dating back to the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries.
  Museo de Semana Santa de Zamora: Opposite the Church of Santa María la Nueva, dedicated to Semana Santa de Zamora the processions during which are celebrated with particular ceremony in Zamora. The museum holds a large collection of pasos, the figures which are carried in procession through the streets by various 'cofradías' or brotherhoods. See Holy Week in Zamora
caption: The Peñas de Santa Marta, a rocky plateau at the side of the Douro River on which settled the first inhabitors of the town, with the Cathedral on the left.
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