Cultural

Cultural

Cultural


Salamanca has an array of priceless cultural treasures.

  • Boundary Fortifications

    Boundary Fortifications

    In the west, near the boundary with Portugal, there are different fortifications, due to the wars and fighting that took place throughout the history. Some of them played a very important role during the Napoleonic Wars.

  • Museo Mateo Hernández

    Mateo Hernández Sculpture Museum

    Opened in 1980, this museum is located on the remains of the old church of San Gil, whose apse is nowadays a temporal exhibition room.

  • Jewish Museum David Melul

    Jewish Museum David Melul

    An engineer from Melilla, David Melul, who was in love with the Town of Bejar, was the first benefactor and cultural promoter of this museum which tries to pay tribute to the Spanish Jews, called Sephardi Jews. 

  • Historic Interpretation Centre of Ledesma

    The history of Ledesma is the history of all the villages and civilizations that have occupied this fortified place and have also taken control of the river Tormes.

  • Ruta del Mudéjar

    Mudejar Route

    If you visit the areas of Alba and Peñaranda, you will discover beautiful Mudejar churches. The Mudejar techniques were developed in these areas between the 12th and 13th centuries; this style was adapted to the Romanesque style, using the bricks as its identifying element.