Salamanca

Low angle view, interior, San Jeronimo Chapel, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, pictured on December 18, 2010. The 18th century Baroque style chapel was designed by architect Simon Garvillan Tome. Above the altar is a large painting of San Jeronimo, attributed to Simon Pitti. Salamanca, an important Spanish University city, is known as La Ciudad Dorada (The golden city) because of the unique golden colour of its Renaissance sandstone buildings. Founded in 1218 its University is still one of the most important in Spain. Around it the Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13447491

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45164848

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5616px x 3744px (5.9MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen