Province of Valladolid Facts for Kids

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Valladolid

Province

From top to bottom and from left to right: The Castle of Peñafiel, Canal of Castile, typical landscape of the province, a pine forest, center of a Castilian town, Castle of La Mota and a wine cellar.

Flag	Coat of arms

Map of Spain with Valladolid highlighted

Country

Capital

Area

• Total

8,110 km² (3,130 sq mi)

Area rank

Ranked 28th

1.61% of Spain

Population

(2015)

• Total

526,223

• Rank

Ranked 29th

• Density

64.89/km² (168.05/sq mi)

1.14% of Spain

Demonym(s)

Spanish: Vallisoletano/a

Official language(s)

Spanish

Parliament

Cortes Generales

Website

diputaciondevalladolid.es

Valladolid is a province of northwest Spain, in the central part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It has a population of 526,223 people in a total of 225 cities.

The capital is the city of Valladolid. It is bordered by the provinces of Zamora, León, Palencia, Burgos, Segovia, Ávila, and Salamanca.

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Map of the territory of the Vaccaei, the first people with stable presence on the sector of the middle valley of the Duero River documented in historical times.
Execution of the captains of the comuneros in Villalar in 1521, during the Revolt of the Comuneros.
Juan Ponce de León (Santervás de Campos). He was one of the first Europeans to arrive to the current United States because led the first European expedition to Florida, which he named.
Cultivated fields (Open field system).
The first car of the Renault 4CV manufactured by FASA-Renault at the factory of Valladolid. The factory was opened in 1951.Resulted in a sharp growth in the industrial area.
Due to the climate, the predominant crop is Dryland farming.
Typical landscape of the province.
Torozos Mountains in spring.
Fields in winter.
Sunset on the plateau.
Climograph of Valladolid.
The Nature Reserve Banks of Castronuño-Vega del Duero is the only natural area protected in this province. It is crossed by the river Douro.
Canal of Castile.
Valladolid, with 298,866 people is the capital and the most populous city.
Laguna de Duero, with 22,645 people is the second most populous municipality.
Medina del Campo, is the third with 20,583 people in 2019.
A typical village in the province.
There are 225 municipalities, the majority are small.
Castle of La Mota
Portillo Castle
Castle of Torrelobatón
Simancas Castle
Castillo de Fuensaldaña
Montealegre de Campos Castle
Walls of Urueña, a medieval town
Tejas with almond.
Barrels of a winery with the Ribera del Duero protected designation of origin.
Roast lechazo, is a very typical dish from the province, as well as others such as roast suckling pig.
Variety of Durum wheat (Triticum aestivum). Due to the climate, the predominant crop is dryland farming (barley, wheat, avena, rye ...).
An Holy Week procession.
Calderón Theatre is the festival headquarters of seminci.
National Sculpture Museum.
A document from the Archivo General de Simancas (General Archive of Simancas). The UNESCO was awarded the distinction of World Heritage Site within its category Memory of the World Programme both to this file as the Treaty of Tordesillas.
Real Valladolid plays as local in the José Zorrilla Stadium.
Autovía de Castilla.
Train of the Renfe (AVE) Class 114 in Valladolid-Campo Grande Station..
Valladolid Airport terminal.
Cultivated fields
Typical field
Harvest field
Douro River
Pines
Church of San Cipriano of San Cebrián de Mazote, of preromanesque style.
Church of Our Lady of the Announced of Urueña, example of romanesque architecture.
San Pablo Church (Valladolid), example of gothic style.
Cathedral of Valladolid, example of renaissance Herrerian style.
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption of Rueda, one of the best examples of baroque architecture.
Monastery of Santa María de Valbuena.
Monastery of Santa María de Palazuelos.
Monastery of Santa María de Retuerta.
Monastery of Santa Clara.
Monastery of Santa María de La Santa Espina.
Monastery of Santa María de Matallana.

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