Salamaca
Sunrise at Salamanca, the sun rises on the domes of the Cathedral twice the city. It combines the grandeur of the neoclassical style with the overwhelming presence of the baroque decorations. The golden sun shining on the sandstone of the cathedral while the city out of its slumber and prepares for another day.
A few yards away, the convent of San Esteban with its gigantic structure casts a long shadow over the Plaza of the Council of Trent and at that moment the bells of the square give the announcement that it is 7 am Four bells for the four quarters and six for the hour. Salamanca
changes color with the light of day. The pale whitish sandstone that is at night, is supplanted by a yellow gold that makes it feel even stronger in the summer heat.
Once awake the city, its streets began to be besieged by lots of people, due to salamantinos tasks, students seeking a place to live and tourists awed by the beauty of the monuments and buildings of the city.
few streets beyond the cathedral stands the imposing facade of the University of Salamanca. Decorated in the Baroque style that characterizes the city, this facade is far from being another monument of the city, since its walls lies a legend of concern to all students on campus: In a place of the facade (not appoint as they lose the magic of legend) is a small frog on a skull, and history says that if a student at the University finds the frog without help have good luck and will graduate with campus honors.
But the magic of the city does not end there. The cathedral is a place full of mysterious marks left there by the architects and masons who built it. But its most interesting finds is the main facade. E recesses of his columns are carved representations of the major events of each century since it was built, and if you look carefully at the left side of a side door you can see the tiny figure of a seated astronaut alongside baroque gargoyles and lions.
Salamanca
The visitor feels the shock not only because of the grandeur of the city, also feels a melancholy mandatory by the past, foreign splendors and glories lost