World Heritage Cities in Spain

WORLD HERITAGE CITIES

Then cross the Plaza de Anaya which leads to a magnificent complex com- prising the Cathedral of La Asunción de la Virgen and the Cathedral of Santa María , popularly known as the New Cathedral and the Old Cathedral . In the first of these, you should look care- fully at the Puerta de Ramos doorway, in which the figure of an astronaut is hidden. From there you walk down the Calle Tentenecio to the Casa Lis Art Nouveau and Art Decó Museum. This is a delightful museum, located in a Modernist building with stained-glass windows.

You should experience Salamanca by day and at dusk. This is when the setting sun gives a golden hue to the material used to build the monuments, sedimen- tary clay-based rock from Villamayor. And when night falls, you can stroll amongst the brightly-lit buildings in the old town and enjoy the atmosphere of the student nightlife. L L For further information go to: www.salamanca.es

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