Palencia

Palencia is a Spanish city and municipality, capital of the homonymous province, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León. It is located on the Tierra de Campos plain, on the banks of the Carrión river.

Located at 749 m above sea level, it is 48 km from Valladolid, being the two closest Spanish provincial capitals. The municipality has a population of 76,302 inhabitants (INE 2022) over an area of 94.95 km². For its part, the district of the city, made up of ten municipalities, has more than 20,000 inhabitants, which together with those of the capital add up to more than 100,000 people. It is an important industrial center of Castilla y León.

Toponymy

The name of Palencia comes from Pallantia, an ancient town occupied by the Vacceos; It should not be confused with another city called Pallantia, located in present-day Palenzuela, of Arévacan origin.

The place name Pallantia (Indo-European *pl̥s-n̥t-y-eh2.) comes from the pre-Roman root «palla» (Galician: pala, Asturian: palla) meaning "rock" (Indo-European *pl̥s-eh2. Persian: parša, German: fels, Irish: all.) while the suffix «nt» is very productive in Celtic languages where it serves to form derivatives. Hence, Pallantia can mean "table", "plateau hill" or simply "the plateau".

Its origin would doubtfully be Celtic due to the conservation of the initial /p/, as occurs in Lusitanian. However, it presents typically Celtic developments, such as the vocalization /an/ < /*n̥/, the conversion of the group /*ls /> /ll/, and the zero degree vocalization /al/ < /*l̥/.

Symbols

Flag

The flag of the city of Palencia is purple, a consequence of an error made by the scholarly tradition at the end of the XIX century and early XX of the degradation of the natural red or crimson tints of the banner of Castile, which was crimson in color. In the center of it stands his shield.

Shield

The shield of Palencia is quartered; in the first and fourth quarters, on an azure background, it shows the cross granted to the city by King Alfonso VIII of Castile; in the second and third, gules, a crenellated gold castle with three battlements (the coat of arms of the kingdom of Castilla), masonry with sable and clarified with azure. The shield appears on gold heraldic parchment.

At the bell, an ancient royal crown, open, made up of a gold circle set with precious stones that supports eight rosettes, of acanthus leaves, five visible, interpolated with pearls. The cross that appears represented on the shield symbolizes the "Cross of Victory" that was delivered by King Alfonso VIII to Bishop Tello Téllez de Meneses for the heroic performance of the people of Palencia in the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa that took place in 1212. The gold castle on the field of gules is the symbol that represents the ancient kingdom of Castile, of which Palencia was a part.

Anthem

The anthem of Palencia was the work of the musician Antonio Guzmán Ricis, who died in Palencia in 1944, together with another outstanding figure of Palencia culture: the writer and poet Ambrosio Garrachón Bengoa, who was in charge of the lyrics that accompany the song. musical piece. Two young people who were 32 and 28 years old, respectively, when they completed the work.

Geography

The capital is located in the valley of the Carrión river near its mouth in the Pisuerga. The first crosses the city from north to south, and opens into three arms upon entering the city, forming the island of Sotillo and another small island, both occupied by a park called Sotillo de los Canónigos, so named because it formerly served as an area walk for the canons of the neighboring cathedral.

El Carrión joins again (it is the place where the Puente Mayor is located (from the XVI century) to open up again into two arms, forming another island (Isla Dos Aguas), occupied in its north by a park and in the south by various sports facilities and a golf course.The river forms small waterfalls and is a source for a geyser artificial that adorns the channel at the height of the Main Bridge.When leaving the city, the river unites its waters again.

The city is located in a wide flat area, with two hills in the northeast: Cerro del Otero and Cerro de San Juan. In the closest to the city center is the colossal image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Palencia, the Cristo del Otero, the work of the sculptor Victorio Macho.

Palencia also has a mountain with 1,438 ha of oaks and holm oaks 6 km away and 865 m above sea level, known as Monte El Viejo. The mountain, one of the places of recreation and leisure for the population, is accessible by a road and a bike path. The vegetation is formed in the highest and driest part by holm oaks and gall oaks and as you descend in altitude it becomes greener, to gall oaks, oaks and poplars. On the mountain there is a large fence inhabited by native deer that can be easily seen by visitors. In addition to the hunting reserve, Monte el Viejo has several facilities: routes with obstacles and exercise equipment, municipal swimming pools, a bar and a restaurant, a refuge and the so-called Casa Pequeña and Casa Grande; the latter is an inn from the 16th century century. In the outskirts of the city, crops dotted with groves of poplars, oaks, and holm oaks are the most abundant vegetation.

Dársena del canal de Castilla

The true channel of the Canal de Castilla does not cross the city, but a branch, called El Ramalillo or La Dársena, does go into the outskirts of the town. This dock was used to load merchandise, but with the arrival of the railway it fell into disuse. It is currently rehabilitated for tourism and on its shores, in one of its farmhouses, is the Water Museum.

The municipality of Palencia also includes the town of Paredes de Monte.

Location

The city of Palencia is located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern sub-plateau. The park of the Hall of Isabel II, geographic center of the city, is located at the coordinates: 42º00'40 north latitude and 4º31'59 west longitude. It is located 749 meters above sea level. It is 235 km from Madrid.

Diagram of the towns within a radius of 10 km around Palencia.

Palencia

Villalobon (1.5km)

Villaumbrales (9.5km)

Grijota (4 km)

Villamuriel de Cerrato (4 km)

Sale of Bathrooms (7 km)

Magaz de Pisuerga (7.5 km)

Sources of Valdepero (6.2 km)

Hydrography

The town is crossed by the Carrión river; to the east of it is most of the city, while to the west lies the neighborhood of Allende el Río. In addition, the municipal term is crossed by the Castilla channel, by the Villalobón stream and other ditches. On the outskirts of Palencia is one of the basins of the Canal de Castilla for which the "Ramalillo" of Palencia was built to access, more than 1 km long.

Orography

Palencia is located 749 m above sea level, in a flat plateau area, surrounded by several mountains: El Chivo and El Viejo. It is precisely this orography that causes the capital's climate to be somewhat colder than that of very close towns such as Valladolid, bringing its average temperatures closer to cities such as León or Burgos, located at higher altitudes.

Mount the Old Man

It is a large mountain that is located about 6 km from the urban area, where you can enjoy free time and a large number of leisure activities (it has various circuits, swimming pools...). In 1191 it was sold by King Alfonso VIII to the city. It has various places and enclaves such as those of Vallejuelos, Cigarral and Buentrigo, with a great variety of animal and plant species, and those of Valle de San Juan or the Small House with views panoramic. In the Casa Grande there are hotel facilities in a building built in the XVI century. El Refugio is one of the most popular areas of Palencia, with a restaurant, circuits and a deer reserve, with a great abundance of these animals.

Panoramics of Palencia from Mount El Viejo

Climate

Canon Sotillo Park

Its inland character, removed from a large part of the maritime influence, determines that the climate is continental Mediterranean, with some oceanic traits due to its relative proximity to the Cantabrian Sea and to the fact that in the western part of Castilla y León (where clouds come from the Atlantic) there are no mountains to stop the cloud fronts. It has a wide thermal oscillation. The agroclimatic atlas published by Aemet provides climate data for the capital. The temperatures are particularly cool due to its surrounding relief, being one of the coldest capitals in Spain (frosts cover a long period, with only 202 days elapsed between the last frost of spring (April 21) and the first of autumn (November 6), on the other hand between 0 and 1 days a year minimum temperatures are reached above 20 ° C. The average annual temperature is 11.6 ° C. The average temperature in January is 3, 4 °C and that of July 21.9 °C, but historical absolute minimums of up to 14 °C below zero are reached.In summer the temperature rarely exceeds 35-36 °C. Rain is very frequent in winter, and infrequent in summer. The rains are light but frequent during the winter months, however they are intense but infrequent in summer, with a contrast between the winter fronts and the strong summer storms.

The church of San Miguel after a snowstorm

Snow falls in the city an average of seven days a year, but it is usually not very heavy. The most intense of the XXI century occurred during 2009 and 2010, with accumulations of more than 10 cm. Snow usually falls in the months of December, January and February, but also in November and March.

According to the Köppen climate classification criteria published by AEMET, the city's climate is between Cfb and Csb (temperate without a dry season and with a mild summer, which would correspond to an oceanic climate; and temperate with a dry season and mild summer, which would be more similar to a climate with Mediterranean features). a figure that is around 80 rainy days a year (compared to Mediterranean areas, where despite having similar precipitation figures, there are around 50 rainy days a year). On the other hand, the cool temperatures typical of a continental climate favor an aridity index (expresses the quotient between the average annual precipitation and potential evapotranspiration) of 0.75; It is therefore framed within the range of wetlands.

Average Palencia climate parameters in the period 1981-2010
Month	Ene.	Feb.	Mar.	Open up.	May.	Jun.	Jul.	Ago.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
Temp. max. abs. (°C)	17.8	23.6	24.8	30.6	34	38.4	40	39.6	37.8	30.2	24	20.2	40
Average temperature (°C)	8	10	14	15	19	25	28	29	24	18	12	8	17.5
Average temperature (°C)	3.4	5.0	8.0	10.2	13.9	18.2	21.9	20.6	17.1	12.2	7.1	4.3	11.6
Temp. medium (°C)	-1	0	2	3	6	10	12	12	10	7	2	-1	5.5
Temp. min. abs. (°C)	-15	-11	-12	-6	-5	-1	2	2	0	-5	-8	-13	-15
Total precipitation (mm)	40.4	28.6	25.1	38.6	44.6	28.7	16.3	17.9	23.1	45.6	46.1	43.4	489
Days of rain (≥ 1 mm)	8	7	7	9	9	5	3	3	4	8	8	9	80
Days of snowfall (≥ 1 mm)	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7
Source: AEMET: Agricultural Atlas of Castilla y León. Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de agricultura y cattledería. Data for the period 1981-2010 in Palencia

Vegetation

Isabel II Hall Park

The Palencia countryside looks green from October to June, altered by snow and winter frost. Starting in June or July, the landscape becomes a steppe that is more reminiscent of the stereotypical image of “dry Castilla”. The vegetation, given its location halfway between humid Spain in the north and dry Spain in the south, is mainly made up of poplars (repopulation species), oaks and holm oaks.

The city has the largest landscaped area in Spain in relation to the area it occupies and is one of the largest in Europe (15,000,000 m² of gardens in the urban area: Isabel II Park, Jardinillos de la Estación, Huerta from Guadián, La Carcavilla, among others and more than 14,000,000 from Mount “El Viejo”.

In 2010 the city of Palencia won the award for the “most sustainable city in Spain”.

Parks

According to the City Council of the capital, Palencia is the city with the most green areas per inhabitant in Spain and occupies one of the first places in the European Union. This, together with the low density of road traffic, makes the air in the city quite clean. The main parks in the city are:

History

Old Age

Silver bracelet found in Palencia in 1956 at the Philippine College. Part of a treasure composed of silver and gold jewelry: torques, necklaces, bracelets, bracelets, earrings, fibulae and a lot of silver denarios

Mosaic with Medusa, found in the numbers 4 and 5 of Ramirez Street in 1869 and currently preserved in the MAN

Excavaciones en la calle Canónigo San Martín 7, donde apareieron varios niveles deoccupa roman

Visigothic arches of the icons of the Cripta of San Antolin

Sarcofago de Don Tello de Castilla, in the convent of San Francisco

The historical origins of the city remain uncertain, but what there is archaeological evidence of is pre-Roman settlements on the site of the current city, which the Celtiberians called Pallantia. The town that occupied it was that of the Vacceos: the most cultivated of the Celtiberian tribes, agrarian and with a powerful military organization.

The most evident trace of Romanization that remains in the city is the bridge called Puentecillas, of Roman origin although remodeled several times. This bridge allowed access to the island of Sotillo de los Canónigos. Here is the so-called Bolo de la Paciencia, a round stone that was the gossip of the city. The bridge was restored and remodeled in the Middle Ages.

In Visigothic Hispania, it was the episcopal seat of the Catholic Church since the IV century, as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toledo which comprised the ancient Roman province of Cartaginense. With the Visigoths came one of the stages of greatest splendor for the city, as it was one of the headquarters of the Court. There are remains of the Visigoth vestige in the crypt of San Antolín (which is the current crypt of the cathedral) and in the nearby town of Baños de Cerrato with the church of San Juan de Baños (VII), located 7 km from the capital, and considered the masterpiece of Visigothic architecture.

Middle Ages

It was developed as a city during the Reconquest by the kings of Asturias. Lost in the diocese of Palencia after the Muslim occupation, it was not restored until King Sancho III el Mayor himself entrusted the organization of it to the Bishop of Palencia Poncio. According to legend, the king came across the ruins of a temple dedicated to San Antolin while hunting a wild boar and received the revelation to restore the small church. Thus discovered the ruins that sheltered the remains of the martyr, the place would have been chosen as the center of the episcopal headquarters. After the restoration and expansion of the sanctuary, the new building was consecrated in the presence of the king and several bishops in the year 1035.

The Middle Ages is the most turbulent period in the history of the city, but also the one with the greatest projection in events in the history of the Kingdom of León and the Kingdom of Castile. Alfonso VIII of Castile was the most determined promoter of the city, granting it privileges and the first free council, and establishing between 1208 and 1212, at the request of Bishop Tello Téllez de Meneses, an educational institution that was the first University in Spain called the Universidad de Palencia or General Study of Palencia, receiving pontifical approval from Honorio III in 1221 and disappearing a few decades later. The city fought nobly in the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, in 1212, which led to the awarding of various assets.

Church of Saint Francis

The predilection that King Alfonso VIII and his family had for the city is shown by the fact that his son and heir Enrique I died there, in an unfortunate accident; or that the sovereign's daughter, Blanca de Castilla, future queen of France and mother of Saint Louis, would come into the world in Palencia.

It is also noteworthy that, in 1388, while the Palencians were outside the city, troops from the Duke of Lancaster arrived with the intention of sacking the city, which was defended valiantly by the Palencian women, preventing Lancaster from subduing Palencia. For this reason, the woman from Palencia was awarded the yellow band of honor, which only men could wear, and which today is evident in the regional dress.

It was in the XIV century when the importance and volume that the city had gradually acquired forced the construction of a new cathedral capable of satisfying the needs of a thriving population. The building was built on the ruins of the previous one in Romanesque style, and in turn on the previous ones of the Visigothic cathedral, all of which remain vestiges in the current building. Although the foundation stone of the new cathedral was laid in 1321, work was not essentially completed until the end of the 16th century. During the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, large churches and monasteries were built, such as the convent of San Pablo, (late Gothic), the Monastery of Las Claras (Gothic), the Monastery of San Francisco (Gothic with added Renaissance and Baroque elements), or the Church of the Company, (typically Jesuit). The Castilian nobility, the ecclesiastical lordships or the diocese itself, which during the XIV and XV was one of the largest and richest in Castile, they sponsored these constructions.

Modern Age

Church of the convent of St. Paul

The economic prosperity of the 16th century turned Palencia, along with other Castilian provinces, into the economic and demographic heart of the Spanish Empire. Already in the 18th century, the most beneficial event for the life of the city was the construction of the Canal de Castilla driven by the King Fernando VI continued with Carlos III, one of the most representative civil engineering works of the time in Europe, it begins in Alar del Rey and has 38 locks in the Palencia geography that irrigates from north to south. It passes close to San Quirce between the 1st, 2nd and 3rd locks, arriving at Herrera there are the next three locks, and the San Andrés retention lock in what was the Batán factory, the next Ventosa de Pisuerga lock, follow Zarzose, then Naveros, San Llorente, Puente del Rey, lock 15 on the Villadiezma road; it crosses the Vallarna stream and the Requena Bridge to reach Frómista where locks 17 to 21 are, then Piña, Monzón, Palencia and Grijota; in Villamartín it reaches Viñalta and from there a straight branch is derived that comes to the banks of the Carrión river, in Palencia. From Palencia it goes to Villamuriel, crosses the Aites and Albures groves where there are four more locks and crosses the old royal road, at lock 38, in Dueñas to enter the province of Valladolid.

Contemporary Age

19th and 20th centuries

Map of the town published in 1852 by Francisco Coello

Recorded of the century XIX of the missing door of Monzón

General view of Palencia in a drawing of 1885

During the 19th century, the city wall was demolished, of which, for example, the gate of Monsoon.

The 20th century left an important mark on the city. The First World War and the Spanish Civil War favored, to a certain extent, the economic development of the city, whose industries (flour, wool, weapons) were essential for supplying the belligerents. In the XX century, the creative activity of important artists from Palencia stood out, such as the sculptor Victorio Macho with his famous Cristo del Otero and his Monument to Berruguete or the architect Jerónimo Arroyo who left a multitude of buildings and palaces in the city such as the Palacio de la Diputación, the Villandrando College, the Jorge Manrique Institute or the current Puebla Health Center.

In prewar Palencia, the party with the greatest force was the Socialist Party, while in the province the most important party was Acción Popular Agraria. The Falange had very few members, and most of them were in prison.

On July 19, 1936, a military column left for Venta de Baños and took the train station, then the entire city without hardly anyone noticing. At seven in the morning, another force left for the center of the provincial capital to declare a state of war and occupy the most important buildings. Unlike what happened in Venta de Baños, there was strong opposition to the uprising, there were shootings in the streets and a great resistance in the Republican Civil Government for two hours by Assault guards and Carabineros concentrated by the governor, López Muñiz who after being arrested, he was shot. The Diputación, the Town Hall and the train station were more easily occupied. General Ferrer de Miguel took charge of the Provincial Council and the Civil Government, although since July 19 both authorities had been handed over to a military command. An artillery captain was appointed mayor. Many were arrested during those days in Palencia, especially when they arrived armed from the towns of the province, responding to the summons of the Civil Governor. For his part, the head of the Palencia Falange was released and quickly organized a mixed squad of Falangists and Civil Guards that toured the towns of the province eliminating all kinds of resistance. A large part of those subjected to reprisals were buried in the mayors' grave, in the old city cemetery, transformed in 1981 into the La Carcavilla children's playground, and where exhumations by the ARMH began in 2009. It is estimated that 497 people are buried there.

The redevelopment of the city undertaken at the end of the XX century led to the creation of a multitude of green spaces, such as the park de la Carcavilla or Isla dos Aguas, which led the city to be the first in green areas per inhabitant in Spain.^{[citation required]}

21st century

Palencia is located within the high-speed line Valladolid-Palencia-León

Río Carrión Hospital, opened in 1954. The demolition of the old building is planned to be replaced by more modern facilities, which will complete the existing ones in their environment

Currently it is above all a city of services, although the automobile and auxiliary, agri-food and construction materials industries are of great importance. Palencia has undergone profound urban changes. As has been said, it is today one of the cities with the largest number of green spaces per inhabitant in Spain and the center has few streets that are not pedestrianized. These areas, like the parks, continue to grow. Surrounding the city, in the first decade of the XXI century, numerous wind turbines were installed to supply clean energy for the city.

On October 10, 2006, the New La Balastera Municipal Stadium was inaugurated, a large metal and glass building with four inclined and translucent towers, the work of the architect Francisco Mangado. It is a large and spectacular stadium despite the fact that it was built for the Palencia Football Club, a team that at the time of its construction was in second division B and today has disappeared.

In the surroundings of Nueva Balastera (or Sector 8) a new shopping and leisure center was inaugurated in 2011. Annexed to this neighborhood another will be developed that will reach the Benavente-Palencia Highway, which borders the city.

In 2008, two important sports centers were created in the city: the La Lanera Sports Center and the Center for Risk Prevention in free time activities (known as El Rocódromo), which has rapids, zip lines, climbing walls, waterfalls, caves on and under water, among other attractions. It will be used to carry out courses on the practice of sports such as canoeing, climbing, scuba diving and caving, among others.^{[citation required]}

Since 2010, numerous bike lanes and bike rental points have been installed in the city.

Calle Mayor de Palencia, with the statue to the palentine woman

The Palencia bullring, officially called Campos Góticos, was inaugurated on September 2, 1976, coinciding with the festival of San Antolín, and designed by the architect Luis Gutiérrez Gallego, taking one hundred days to build. In 2009 the Provincial Council, owner of the bullring, set up a commission of bullfighting fans and journalists, and called a contest to give it a name through a popular vote via the Internet, but its result had to be annulled since the system did not prevented the same person from voting on more than one occasion. In September the voting system was changed, through telephone calls, which prevented the issuance of more than one vote. The results, published in October, revealed that 382 calls were received, the number of valid votes was 267. The winning name was Campos Góticos, the name by which the arena was usually called, with 107 votes. A life-size sculpture representing the bullfighter Marcos de Celis is planned.

In 2007, the expansion of the municipal golf course on the right bank of the river, to the south of the city, was proposed. In the end, the project was not carried out and the space was used to create one of the largest parks in the city: the Ribera Sur park that was located a few meters from the new La Lanera Sports Center which, together with the installation of playgrounds and maintenance for the elderly and the network of bike lanes that surrounds it, has come to form one of the most important sports centers in the city.

In 2015, the high-speed section that connects with Madrid and León through Valladolid was inaugurated, adding Palencia to the other cities that have this modern railway infrastructure. On March 22, 2018, part of the city was declared Asset of cultural interest, in the category of historical ensemble.

Demographics

Historically it has been a receiving center for internal migration, especially during the 1950s-1970s in the so-called rural exodus, as it had a more active and dynamic industry than the surrounding regions such as Tierra de Campos and El Cerrato. The relative annual growth was 1.01% (period 2005-2006), being one of the few exceptions in the entire province, which generally loses population, and has done so again since 2009. The city is inhabited by 78,892 inhabitants (INE 2017).

Graphic of demographic evolution of Palencia between 1842 and 2012

Source: Spanish National Statistical Institute - Graphical development by Wikipedia.

Target of population evolution of Palencia between 2000 and 2020

Population of Law (2000-2020) according to the municipal plan of the INE

Administration and politics

Headquarters of the City of Palencia

Territorial organization

Officially the city of Palencia does not have more divisions than those marked by the postal code; however, there are several neighborhoods with great personality and autonomy, some of them being divided into smaller areas.

Central neighborhoods

Church of Saint Lazarus

The historic center of the city of Palencia is subdivided into the following areas:

• Centre-Cathedral: it is one of the most beautiful and transited areas of the city of Palencia and has a wide heritage of both civil and religious monuments. It includes the cathedral known as "La Bella Desconocida", the Calle Mayor; the main shopping street of the city, the Archaeological Museum, the church of San Miguel and the emblematic bridges. It is the oldest neighborhood in the city and dates back to the Visigoth era.
• Centro-La Puebla: one of the largest and most live districts in the capital. In it is the Plaza Mayor, the Town Hall or Town Hall of Palencia, the church of San Francisco, the Diputación de Palencia, the church of San Lázaro, the Teatro Principal among other monuments located in the street Don Sancho de Castilla that receives that name by the palace of Don Sancho that was where today is the building Banco Español de Crédito, the arms of Don Sancho de Castilla appear in the temple of San Lazaro. Its buildings, streets and monuments belong to different times. The District has the neoclassical essence and art nouveau and decoded by its monuments. It is also the area that has a greater offer of nightlife (bars, discos...).
• Centro-Salón de Isabel II: Romantic neighborhood for its parks in the Huerta de Guadián, in which the church of San Juan Bautista and the Isabel II Hall as well as the IES Jorge Manrique in which is the museum of Jerónimo Arroyo, Plaza España and Piazza Pio XII. It's the south end of the center. In addition to the promenade of the Hall, its two main arteries are the avenues of Argentina and Modesto Lafuente, originated as a bourgeois ensanche of the city. Among them is the so-called Barrio de María Cristina formed by single houses of similar aesthetics that constitutes a kind of microcosm or oasis in the heart of the city.
• Centro-San Pablo: located at the end of Calle Mayor, this neighborhood has a lush park (gardenillos), the important convent of St. Paul and a very typical alleyways of the century XX.. It's the northern border of the city center. Next to Los Jardinillos Park is the railway station.

Entrance to the Calle Mayor during the festivities

Neighborhoods of the Eixample

• Youth Field: neighborhood of the 1960s with a sports complex for youth, and the great church of San Jose built fifty years ago, brick church typical of the development of the 1960s. It extends from Modesto Lafuente Avenue to approximately Rabí Sem Tob Square. Limit the Isabel II Hall and the San Telmo district - Santiago.
• El Carmen: in this neighborhood stands out the church of Carmen, relatively modern (about 50 years) from which they are supported by brick arches that extend around the Plaza del Carmen. El Carmen is a neighborhood with a wide growth in recent years due to the multitude of buildings that are rising next to the avenue of Paseo de la Julia. It has the Cultural LECRAC, reform of the old prison of the city.
• Pan and Guindas: new and quiet neighborhood, mainly residential. For many years it was practically the eastern border of the city.
• New Balastera or Sector 8: located on the southern border of Palencia, is a new construction neighborhood and in current urban development. It is situated in the tenants of the New Municipal Stadium La Balastera has the Commercial and Arambol Leisure Center and numerous restaurants.
• Santiago: neighborhood that combines constructions from the 1970s with new ones, is in expansion and urban development. He arrives to the San Telmo provincial hospital in front of CEIP Ramon Carande and Thovar.
• Avenida de Madrid: it is situated in the surroundings of Madrid Avenue and is a neighborhood of the ensanche with a lot of vitality. It has a shopping center and a rochodrome.

The neighborhood of San Juanillo with more than 15 centimeters of snow

• San Juanillo, also known as Korea: New and residential neighborhood whose main monuments are the church called María Reina Imaculada and the Bullring of Palencia. It has the sports facilities of the Gothic Fields.
• Eras del Bosque: area of the San Juanillo neighborhood, is in the 1970s, has large green areas and a health center and a market. Delimited by Santander Avenue and San Juanillo neighborhood.
• Ave María: neighborhood of climbing to the Christ of the Otero, its main street is the promenade of the Otero, where its main monument is located: the modern chapel of Maria Estela, the old tile factory or "tejera": in remodeling to house the future Palacio de Exhibitions and Congresses, and "Las Torretas": the highest building in the city. It has an important leisure area on Human Rights Avenue.
• Santa Marina-San Pablo: is the greenest area on the banks of the river, the Municipal Pavilion of Palencia and the Episcopal Palace where the Diocese Museum of Palencia is located, as well as the churches of Santa Marina and La Piedad. There are the sports facilities of Eras de Santa Marina and the park of Las Huertas del Obispo.

Peripheral neighborhoods

• Allende el Río: is the only neighborhood located on the right bank of the river, surrounded by green areas between which is the Dos Aguas Island or the Sotillo de los Canónigos Park that gives access to the neighborhood from the cathedral, in Allende del río there is also the Dársena del Canal. This neighborhood is in the area more west of the city.
• San Antonio: Modern neighbourhood of the centuries XX. and XXI In growing expansion, it has one of the great parks in the city, built in the land that formerly occupied the old cemetery of the Carcavilla. Next to the park is the fireplace of the old factory of the Electrólisis, visible from various points of the capital. The modern church of San Antonio is home to the parish of the neighborhood. It borders the Carrion River and is the northwest border of the city. *Electrólisis: formerly a neighborhood without just houses. After the construction of the "electrolysis" or copper factory it becomes an important industrial area of Palencia and the northern border of the city. Currently the factory no longer exists and the land is inside the residential neighborhood of San Antonio.
• Christ of the Otero: northwestern limit of the city. Built on the surroundings of the hill where one of the symbols of Palencia is located, the Christ who dominates one of the most personality districts of the city.
• Ntra. Mrs. de los Angeles: industrial district where the current municipal cemetery and industrial polygons of San Antolín and Villalobón are located.

Other areas

• Prado of the wool: originally it was a place completely located outside the city that lost activity with the cessation of the manufacture of the famous blankets of Palencia, hence its name. It is currently a residential area on the banks of the Carrion River, called Lanera, which has a Leisure and Sports Centre and the Parque Ribera Sur.
• Three Steps: zone between the railway and the Christ. It's residential use.

Services

Transportation

Palencia Train Station

Road

Several highways and national highways run through the municipality that connect the city with other capitals that surround it.

The following high-capacity roads stand out:

The national highways that originate in the city or simply pass through it are:

Railway

The city of Palencia is located in a railway junction of great importance, forming part of the Venta de Baños-Gijón and LAV Valladolid-Palencia-León lines and being the beginning of the Palencia-Santander Line, it also has branches that join with the Madrid-Hendaye Line. Due to this, it is an obligatory step in the convoys that leave or go to León, Asturias, Cantabria and the Basque Country and a key point in the AVE network for the area. In the same way, in addition to being a hub for passenger traffic, it is also a hub for freight, highlighting its connections with El Musel in Gijón, the port of Avilés and the port of Santander.

It has extensive High-speed, Long-distance and Medium-Distance services operated by Renfe.

City buses

A bus from line 2

Palencia has an urban bus service made up of six daytime lines, named with numbers, managed by Palbus. The mobile park is sixteen buses. It also has one of the cheapest rates in Spain (€0.80). There are twenty-six stops equipped with electronic information signs. The approximate number of users per year in 2016 was about 2,200,000. In addition, it has free Wi-Fi on all buses and intelligent voice systems on all buses announcing stops.

Lines

Bike rental

Automated bikes park at Pio XII Square

In 2008, Palencia had a free bicycle loan system, which worked twelve hours a day. There were 45 bicycles spread over five bases located in Plaza Pío XII, Plaza de San Pablo, Avenida de Santander, the School of Languages and the La Yutera University Campus.

After the abandonment and disappearance of these bicycles, the bases were transformed into smart bike racks.

It is planned that the bike rental will be put back into operation in the future.

Heritage

The Cathedral of Palencia from the Immaculate Square

Palencia, like most Castilian cities, has a great historical-artistic heritage, which attests to the importance it had in the past. Despite having important monuments such as the cathedral, one of the largest in Spain, the Cristo del Otero, which is one of the largest images of Jesus in the world or five National Monuments and unique festivals of great interest such as Holy Week or the Santo Toribio Pilgrimage, Palencia is not a favorite city for tourism and although the number of tourists grows every year, it does so very slowly.

The city is among the cities in Spain with the largest landscaped area in relation to the number of inhabitants it has; it also has an extensive network of pedestrian streets in the center, and is considered one of the most sustainable and clean in Spain.

Civil monuments

Monument to Alonso Berruguete; to the bottom the Town Hall of the capital

Colegio Villandrando

• Calle Mayor: This is the main route of the city and center of the commercial, administrative and cultural activity of Palencia. In this street and in its immediate vicinity are the most interesting civil buildings.
• Plaza Mayor and Town Hall: the Plaza Mayor was built in the century XVII to celebrate public celebrations and the market. Three of its sides are supported and chaired by the Consistorial House, neoclassical construction of the century XIX.
• Palacio de la Diputación: building of 1914 neorrenacentist style, projected by the palentino architect Jerónimo Arroyo. It highlights its main facade and the works of pale artists that it houses inside.
• Casa del Cordón: building of the century XVI on its facade with a Franciscan cord. Inside is the Provincial Archaeological Museum. It is the only Renaissance civil monument in the city.
• Puentecillas: bridge of Roman origin, renovated in the century XVI. The oldest in the city is pedestrian use. In one of its entrances is the famous Bolo de la Paciencia.
• Puente Mayor: stone construction of the century XVIreformed and expanded at the end of XVIII.
• Iron Bridge: early century XX..
• Colegio Villandrando: a remarkable Neogothic and modernist building on Calle Mayor. Projected by Jerome Arroyo, stands out the ceramic that finishes the facade, work by Daniel Zuloaga.
• Hospital de San Bernabé: located near the Cathedral. Founded in the century XII and rebuilt in the century XV.
• Casa Junco: Nobiliary construction of the century XVIIIBaroque style. Located on Calle Mayor.
• Casa de Flora Germán: Modernist building of Jerónimo Arroyo, stand out its viewpoints and its ovoid dome that stands out remarkablely between the roofs of Calle Mayor.
• Council of Accounts of Castilla y León (Casa de Ramón Alonso): Jerónimo Arroyo building located in the confluence of Bocaplaza Street with Calle Mayor (one of the most sophisticated areas of the city). It presents two interesting towers with colorful stained glass. In front of him is the statue to his author.
• Post Building: built in 1916 according to the project of Jacobo Romero.
• Main Theatre: Built in the Century XIX according to the model of the Italian theaters. After a fire in 1826 it is rebuilt and refurbished.
• IES Jorge Manrique: is the largest institute of Palencia and in one of its domes is the museum of Jerónimo Arroyo.
• Abastos Market: Notable palentino building for housing a large market and for being the only work of iron and crystal of Palencia, projected by Juan Agapito Revilla was built in 1898.
• Casino de Palencia.

Religious monuments

Church of Saint Michael, with its characteristic tower

• Cathedral of San Antolin: main monument of the city of Palencia, built in Gothic style. It's a National Monument since 1929. In its interior it keeps numerous and valuable works of art, including:
  • The main altarpiece, one of the first examples of the Renaissance in Spain.
  • The collection of tapestries, with excellent samples of this art.
  • La Cripta de San Antolín, one of the first Romanesque-style buildings in Castilla, with a visigoda section.
  • The tracoro, excellent work of the Gothic flamygero, with a flamenco triptych by the master Jan Joest.
  • The martyrdom of San Sebastian, painting by El Greco, one of his most outstanding works.
• Christ of the Otero: the key work of the sculptor Victorio Macho, whose feet is buried. erected in 1931 on one of the hills that surround the city, crowning an ancient hermitage, is a sculpture of 30 meters high (the third largest of Christ, behind the statue of Christ the King in the Polish city of Świebodzin and the Christ of Rio de Janeiro). The colossal construction dominates the entire city and is the main symbol of the palentine capital.
• Church of St. Michael: its religious-military tower is another of the most representative icons of Palencia. Temple of the Century XII, is an excellent example of primitive ojival style. Inside stands a Christ. of the century XIValtars of the centuries XVII and XVIIIOne of them with one Pity Flemish, and remains of Gothic mural paintings. Legend says that here the Cid Campeador married Doña Jimena, but if so, it would be in an earlier temple located in this same place. It was declared a National Monument in 1931.
• Church of Saint Francis: Franciscan foundation of the century XIIIsuffered modifications in the century XVIThey altered their primitive Gothic character. It was headquarters of the General Courts in the century XIV and royal residence. The interior highlights its Mudejar styles, a good collection of altarpieces and images and a fully covered chapel of skulls. National Monument since 1962.
• Convent of St. Paul: it was the foundation of Holy Sunday of Guzman in the century XIII. The present church dates back to the centuries XV and XVIand the swordsman of the main facade of XVIII. On the outside stands the apside with Renaissance windows. In the interior stands the main altarpiece and the graves of the Marqueses de Poza. Declared National Monument in 1931.

Tomb of the Marquess of Poza, in the church of the convent of St. Paul

• Monastery of St. Clare: Founders and protectors of this Gothic convent were the Almirantes of Castile. The church dates from the century XVwith a century-old altarpiece XVIII. The ecente Christ stands out, carved surrounded by mystery and legends of which it is said that he was found in the sea inside a urn and that his hair and nails grow. Miguel de Unamuno dedicated a poem to him. In this convent, José Zorrilla placed the legend of Margarita la Tornera.
• Church of the Society of Jesus (also called the church of Our Lady of the Street): Jesuit church built in 1584. In it is kept the size of 40 cm of the Virgin of the Street, patron of the city. It was declared a National Monument in 1982.
• Church of St John the Baptist: small Romanesque temple, the best sample of this style in the capital. Its structure was moved and rebuilt in the city when the town in which it was located (Villanueva del Río) was denied by the waters of the Aguilar swamp. It's a National Monument since 1981.
• Episcopal Palace: former Spatial Palace, Neoclassical Style (Neoclassic Style)XVIII). In it is the Diocesan Museum, with a large collection of works of art of all styles from the Romanesque, highlighting those of authors such as Pedro Berruguete, Alejo de Vahía or Juan de Valmaseda, which make it one of the main museums of its genre at the national level.
• Church of Saint Lazarus: with tardorromonic tower, the ship dates from the century XVI. There is a clear and perfect union between the Gothic and the Late Romanesque. It was originally a leper hospital. It highlights the harmonic interior Gothic and the main altarpiece.
• Church of Saint Bernard: temple of a monastery founded by St. Theresa of Jesus, was also the headquarters of the Patron of Palencia before being transferred to the present sanctuary. Highlights its Renaissance facade XVI.
• Convento de las Agustinas Canónigas: del siglo XVII, with interesting baroque structure. See of the Brotherhood of the Virgin of Piedad, which parades in Holy Week. It currently works as a church of St. Augustine.
• Convent of the Augustine Recoletas: built in the century XVII. The church, with a single nave, has a Latin cross plant, stands out its cruise with a lantern dome. The barrel vault and the dome are decorated with plasterwork designed by Antonio de Canales.
• Soledad Chapel. Side to the convent of San Francisco, it is the headquarters of the brotherhood of its own name. It highlights its altarpiece, baroque plasters and its image of Our Lady of Soledad, perhaps the most venerated of those that parade in Holy Week.
• Church of Santa Marina: temple of the century XVIII.
• Major seminar.
• Convent of Pity: built in the century XVIof Dominican religious.
• St. Joseph's Church: With something more than fifty years old is possibly the greatest modern church in Palencia.
• Church of Saint Mary Immaculate Queen: recently centenary church.
• Church of San Antonio: modern church, parish of the neighborhood to which it gives its name.
• El Carmen Church: It is a modern brick church. The supportives that flank spread throughout the neighborhood.
• Church of El Salvador: church built in early XXI.

Statues and memorials

Statue to the Immaculate Conception (1914)

• Statue to the Immaculate Conception (1914): A bronze monument settled on a multiple stone column. It is perhaps one of the most artistic-interest sculptures for its fineness and realism. It is located in the square that bears its name, in front of the cathedral. It dates from 1914 and is the work of Jerome Arroyo.

• Monument to Alonso Berruguete (1963): bronze statue and white stone in the Plaza Mayor. One of the most famous in the city. It's Victorio Macho's work.
• Statue to the Palentina Woman (1998): work by Indalecio López Castrillo whose installation in the center of Calle Mayor brought some controversy at the time for being too modern for the environment. Today it is a statue well known for being the meeting point par excellence of the Palentinos that colloquially nickname it "La Gorda". It is carved in black stone and has a granite bean-bank.
• Statue to Jerome Arroyo: it is bronze and is located on Bocaplaza Street, opposite the Council of Accounts of Castilla y León. It represents this famous palentino architect with a notebook and a pen in his hand drawing the building projected by him. Citada feather was stolen after the statue was placed, being replenished and soldered without any further disappearance.
• Statue of the Pudor (1948): it represents a very young, naked, very beautiful girl with an expression of slight might. It is bronze and is placed on a block of white stone. The sculptor was Mariano Timón Ambrosio (Villanueva de la Vera 1905-†1976 Palencia)
• Statue of the Touch (1948): by Mariano Timon Ambrosio. Companion of the former represents a girl very similar to that, this time combing. Both are located in Mariano Timón Square, behind the public library.
• Statue to the Aguadora: this is a project by Victorio Macho realized in the century XXI. The Aguadora is a bronze statue placed on a rose granite pedestal. It represents a woman with a pitcher and, even though she is a peasant, her alivative gesture with an elevated head and her stance give her a majestic look. It is located in the street Ignacio Martínez de Azcoitia giving place to one of the most beautiful places in the city: in front of it is the Colegio Villandrando, to its left the Town Hall and behind it the churches of San Francisco and Ntra. Mrs. Soledad.
• Statue to the Iberian Champion: 2006 colossal statue made by Luis Alonso, whose measure is four meters. It is of green bronze on a pedestal and represents a bare and forged peasant who intends to welcome the city. Respond to another project by Victorio Macho. It is located at the roundabout where the avenues of Simon Nieto and Asturias converge, an obligatory step point for those who enter the city in the north.
• Tribute to the Majors (Sergio García): 2007 homage to the elders of Palencia. The sculptural group consists of two statues, a woman and an elderly man sitting on the large cement bank of the Paseo del Salón.
• Monument to the Costume: by Oscar Alvariño. Data de 2008, represents two cofrades performing two very typical traditions in the Easter Week: the one that calls with his rod to a hypothetical door, which performs the Call of brothers and the other that touches Tararú. It is located in a mezzanine of St. Paul's Square on the right of the homonymous church.
• Monument to Admiral Grau: it is a stone block on which the bare bust of Admiral Grau is settled.
• Monument to the Palentinos Artists: it is located in a roundabout and it forms a circular source whose center presents a rocky mound on which a picture of a naked man of bronze with a few ribbons in his hands is set. The fountain has several jets of water that clash against the pedestal wrapping the statue in a cloud.
• Monument to the Comuneros de Castilla: work of the sculptor Rafael Cordero, it is a kind of white stone column with inscriptions crowned by three hands of bronze linked to the three communers.
• Tribute to the Master: work of Rafael Cordero. It consists of two figures made in bronze, a teacher on a seat with a book in the hands that is listened with attention by a girl sitting on the floor. Both are on a white granite comb located in the Immaculate Square, opposite the cathedral.
• Monument to the Labrador (Ursicino Martínez, 2000): it is a sculpture of a farmer collecting wheat with a sickle. Its style is modernist and is located in Plaza de España on a white stone pedestal. It was designed to be located in the center of the square in a roundabout but, by subtracting visibility to the traffic it was finally chosen to place it on the sidewalk. Currently, the center of the square is decorated with a fountain with colored lights and with the name of the city with the intention of welcoming the city center.
• Monument to Heroes and Martyrs: this monument dedicated to those fallen in the Spanish civil war consists of a block of white stone with a white rock that carries a bronze image of the map of Spain, in front of it and agonizing, a soldier with the flag in the hand. It is located on Valladolid Avenue.
• Statue to the Abrazo (Feliciano Álvarez, 1999): monument to peace and harmony formed by two very schematiced human figures hugging. They are made of metal and occupy a privileged place in the center of the roundabout located in the Plaza de León.
• Monument to Peace: located in the center of the square of Cervantes, opposite the cathedral. It consists of a metal cannon colonized by doves of the same metal that symbolize the prevalence of peace over war. The mouth of the cannon handles water that will stop to a stone receptacle where it accumulates in small quantity. Thanks to this accumulated water and being in the middle of a lush park it is very easy to see the canyon occupied by pigeons and authentic birds, which accentuates their symbolism.
• Statue of the Castañera: it is a very small bronze statue on a stone comb. It is the work of a blind sculptor which does not detract from precision. It is between two columns of Calle Mayor. It is curious that the name of the mayor who ruled in the city appears on his identifiable plaque when the statue was placed, whose name even appears with letters larger than those of the sculptor himself.
• Estatua de la Niña de la Comba (Ursicino Martínez, 2000): it is in the confluence of the streets Mayor and Patio Castaño. Represents a girl jumping to the barn. It's bronze on stone pedestal.
• Monument to the First University of Spain: located in St. Paul's Square consists of several figures of contemporary and metal cut that represent a classroom in which class is being imparted.
• Monument to Sport: this monument is composed of several abstract figures representing athletes. It is located near the Municipal Pavilion.
• Monument of the Walk: it is located in the roundabout opposite the bridge Bishop Nicolás Castellanos and at the end of the Julia ride; it has received the mote “the aliens” for being figures of a couple with their large son, very thin limbs and rough skin.
• Monument to the Palentinos Sportsmen. Located in a roundabout, on Jardines Street, this monument features three human bronze figures on a stone block that hold a ring, symbol of sport.
• Monument to the Republicans shot. The monument Memories to the cube it has a plate with 497 names, which recalls and honors almost half a thousand Republican militants shot during the Spanish civil war. It has been promoted by the Association for the Historical Memory of Palencia. It is located in the Carcavilla Park.
• Monument to Juan Ponce de León in Piazza Pius XII: work by sculptor Pablo Serrano, who represents the palentino Juan Ponce de León, discoverer of Florida and conqueror of Puerto Rico.
• Monument to Santo Domingo de Guzmán: by Mariano Timon Ambrosio, next to the Dominican Convent of Saint Paul. The original stone has been replaced by an indentical copy in bronze.
• Cantons: the cantons are a series of prismatic columns of more than a metre high distributed in couples by the Calle Mayor, placed about fifteen years ago. It is the traditional nerve center of the city called Los Cuatro Cantonese, formed by the intersection of the streets Don Sancho, La Cestilla and Mayor, but it is not so called the place by the recent placement of such cantons but because it is intersection in perfect square form. It was once called the place Los Cuatro Cantones Mayores, to differentiate them from Los Cuatro Cantones Menores with which it was called the intersection of the streets Mayor, Valentín Calderón and Barrio and Mier.
• Statue to Santiago Amón: located on the avenue of Santiago Amon.
• Volatería: located in the park Isla Dos Aguas.
• Columns of dreams: it is located in the roundabout of the road, opposite the Stadium of Nueva Balastera. Known as the P.

Museums

• Provincial Archaeological Museum
• Museum of Contemporary Art
• Diocesan Museum of Sacro Art
• Museum
• Museum of Jerónimo Arroyo
• Museum of Victorio Macho
• Water Museum (Palencia)
• Collection of Medicine and Pharmacy - Hospital of San Bernabé

Culture

Parties

Virgin of the Street in procession

Sailing shift prior to the Descent Function

• The Baptism of the Child: on January 1, of National Tourist Interest. A singular festival that is celebrated around the church of St. Michael with a procession and a "pedrea" of confines and caramels.
• San Antón: it is celebrated on 17 January in the vicinity of the church of St. Michael where the animals of the attendees are blessed.
• Feast of Virgen de la Calle (Las Candelas): February 2. City patron. In the parish of Our Lady of the Street, the image of the Virgin is venerated, known as "La Morenilla" and is carried in procession to the Cathedral.
• Holy Week: March-April, (first plenilunio Primaveral) is the most important feast of the palentin calendar, since it has the distinctive Fiesta of International Tourist Interest. Relevant importance has the processions of The mouthpiece, Prayer of the Garden, The Steps and Holy burial whose most outstanding features are sobriety and simplicity. The most important traditions are the "called of brothers" and the "Tarú". See: Holy Week in Palencia.
• Romería de Santo Toribio: Sunday closest to April 16, Festival of Regional Tourist Interest. A “pedrea” of bread and cheese is celebrated at the foot of the Otero Christ. (See the Lord's Christ)
• Caracolada de San Marcos: held on April 25 on the island of Sotillo de los Canónigos.
• Fair Girl: Days around Pentecost. Popular party of Palencia called "chica" for being the second in importance if compared to the fairs of San Antolín.
• Procession and Mass of the Corpus Christi: Sunday closest to Thursday of the Corpus. The procession and mass are organized by the Penitential Confraternity of the Holy Sepulchre and Cathedral Cabildo. The Most Holy Proceeds in the Triumphant Dog, of singular beauty.
• Saint John's Day (collectively "San Juanillo"): June 24. Copatrón de Palencia, a procession is carried out in which the San Juan de la cofradía del Santo Sepulcro parade. From its headquarters it arrives to the Plaza Mayor, where the traditional part of the thyme is performed. The procession reaches the neighborhood of San Juanillo where the relic is venerated and a prayer is heard; at night the Hoguera of San Juan takes place.
• Fiestas de San Antolín: Pattern of Palencia, September 2. Processions, raisins, bullfights, pregons and peñas parades are happening. It's Palencia's main party. (See Cripta de San Antolín)
• Procession in honor of Saint Francis: After Mass, the San Francisco Brotherhood makes a small parade with the image of the Holy One.

Cultural itineraries

• Santa Teresa's footprints. Route of pilgrimage, tourist, cultural and heritage that gathers the 17 cities where St. Teresa of Jesus left his mark in the form of foundations. The route does not have an established order or limited time as each pilgrim or visitor can perform it as and as long as you want.

Gastronomy

Palencia's cuisine is very traditional and homely, roast lamb is the most typical dish and multiple horticultural ingredients are obtained from the fertile lands that surround the capital to complete the diet.

The cuisine of Palencia is based on hot dishes, due to the prevailing cold climate. The clearest examples are its garlic soups, or the classic Castilian soup, made with loaf bread, water, oil, garlic and paprika, sometimes adding serrano ham and eggs poached. Bread is the basis of Palencia's gastronomy, an example of the importance it achieves is Nogales bread, with a school dedicated to it, where they make beautiful bread, lechuguino, muffins, pork rind cakes and others. many kinds of breads, made with flour from Tierra de Campos, of great quality.

• Cars

Palencia, like the rest of Castile, can affirm that meat nourishes its people. The partridge (in pickle), and also the quail, in these lands are considered to be of excellent quality, the suckling lamb is the meat par excellence of Palencia and has a denomination of origin. In the slaughter season you can taste the Palencia blood sausages, made from the same blood that later becomes an essential ingredient in the black soup. The sausages are also of good quality.

• Fish

The crabs that are caught in the rivers of Palencia are the crustaceans par excellence. Trout (pickled trout) are also obtained from the rivers.

• Vegetables and vegetables

As for its horticultural richness, the potatoes are excellent, but above all the Palencia stew or ratatouille and peas from Palencia.

• Posters

The casserole of San Antolin stands out; Local fruit jellies, such as blueberries, or cheese (especially sheep) and other more elaborate pastry products are also highly recommended.

• Drinks

A typical meal of the land should be washed down with wine. Also the classic sloe liqueur, walnut liqueur, blackberries, cherries...

Music

In the capital of Palencia, several musical events are held every year, such as:

Principal Theatre

• Join the music: Festival organized by the (40 Main) and the Ser Chain, and with the sponsorship of the Palencia Town Hall and the Castilla y León Board, the day of completion of the classes before the Christmas holidays. It is an initiative that seeks to prevent the sedentary life of young people, as well as the use of alcohol and other drugs. In its 13 editions he has had national artists such as Álex Ubago, David DeMaría, Ragdog and Los Caños among others. It is done in the Municipal Pavilion Marta Domínguez and is of free assistance.

• Festival Now: It is a contest, organized by the Junta de Castilla y León together with the Cultural Association for the Promotion of Creative Music and the City of Palencia. Initially it was held in the Carabel room, but in the last edition the situation was changed by the Teatro Principal.

• Futura Music Festival: is held in the Municipal Pavilion and has regional groups that seek opportunities in the national panorama.
• Palencia Independent Festival: Festival with alternative music bands from the country such as Sidonie or Second.
• Palencia Sonora: Rock Festival that usually coincides with the Girl Fair in which groups such as Sidonie, Standstill, Standar, Cooper, Macaco, Sugarless, Vetusta Morla and the Palentinos La Familia Iskariote, among others have participated.
• Jazz and Folk Festival: It matches the Girl Fair and so far there have been three editions.
• International Guitar Festival: The Festival, which represents a reference meeting for lovers of string sounds, was born in 2002 thanks to an initiative of the natural guitarist of Lérida and established in Palencia Carles Pons. This festival is another of the great protagonists of the autumnal programming of the Teatro Principal, organized by the Association Musical Calandria, and under the tutelage of its artistic director, the Catalan musician Carles Pons.
• ITA Party: is a university party held on an annual basis. His organization is run by the students of the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering.

Events

Cultural events held in this city:

• The Ages of Man 1999 Memory and splendors.
• Terrificly Cortos, International Film Festival held annually at the end of October.

Sporting events held in this city:

• Departure from the ECE Tour in 1986.
• Transcurso en la capital y cerca de la 2.a etapa de la Vuelta a Castilla y León de 2009.
• Official Party of the Spanish National Team Sub-21, Spain 1-2 Italy (10/10/2006), Spain 2-0 Russia (10/09/2008) and Spain 2-0 Germany (05/03/2014).
• Finals of the Copa Castilla y León de Baloncesto.
• Rugby King's Cup Finals held at the New Ballet Stadium in the years 2012 and 2014.
• Princess Cup of Asturias basketball in the years 2015 and 2016.
• Spain Olympic Federation Championship 2018.
• Spanish Championship of Clubs of Paleta Goma 2019.
• Elite 2021 Spanish Boxing Championship.
• Absolute European Fronton Championship 30 meters 2021.
• National Olympic Frontenis Club Championship.

Sports

• Football: The main team of the capital was the Palencia Football Club until 2012 that disappeared due to bank problems. Currently the representative of the city is the Sports Club Palencia Cristo Atlético, which in 2021, succeeded in ascent to Second RFEF. The CD Palencia Balompié was another football team founded in 2011 but disappeared eight years later, during a season he millied in Second Division B.

• Basketball: In basketball the main team is the Palencia Baloncesto that since the season 2013-2014 milita in the category LEB Oro. In April 2016 he won the LEB Oro championship, which entails the sport promotion to the ACB league, but that was not achieved by the high canon of the ACB league.
• Athletics: Club Puentecillas has national athletes, the club formed the athlete Óscar Husillos.

• Piragüismo: The Palentino Club of Piragüismo belongs to the city of Palentina, has numerous athletes with great results at the world level.

• Balonmano: The C.D Balopal is the representative team of the city, and in the 2008-2009 season he militated in the Second National Division of Balonmano. The First Male State Division is currently in dispute. In feminine basketball, the C.B Palencia Feminino, which militates in the First National Women's Division.

• Volleyball: The Palencia Volleyball CD plays in the Second Division of Castilla y León.

• Rugby: The Rugby Club Palencia plays in Honor B Division.

• Frontenis: Frontenis Palencia, with great results at the national level, national subfield was proclaimed in 2021. María Rodríguez, is international with the Spanish selection of frontenis.

Sports facilities

El Estadio Nueva Balastera, one of the most modern sports facilities in the city

• New Municipal Stadium La Balastera: it is a modern stadium that has become a symbol of the prosperity of the city. It was opened in 2006 and, in addition to having good facilities, has excellent architectural quality.
• Municipal Pavilion of Palencia: with capacity for 5000 people, is the most important indoor sports facility in the province, in the game of the Palencia Baloncesto.
• Campo Municipal del Otero: located in the neighborhood of Christ, at the foot of the hillside of Cerro del Otero, is composed of artificial grass football fields, has grada, wardrobe, bar and lockers. Several teams from the city carry out their activities.
• Youth Field: sports complex located in the avenue Cardinal Cisneros. It is one of the most important and ancient of the palentine capital. Its main facilities are a sports center covered a track of athleticism and some dependencies of the city's Tecnification center. It also has gyms (rithmic, musculation..), squash tracks, a football field and a swimming pool.

Exterior of the Municipal Pavilion

• Sports complex Eras de Santa Marina, between the streets of San Antonio and Bishop Barberá. Its main installation is the Municipal Pavilion but in addition to this it consists of heated swimming pools, tennis and paddle courts, the municipal fronton, a football field 7, a municipal gym and facilities for canoeing.
• El Sotillo sports complex, in the Sotillo park its main attraction are the municipal swimming pools being the largest in the city. It also has green areas and gym circuits and play areas.
• Sport Complex Monte El Viejo: It is divided into Casa Grande, Casa Small and El Refugio. Its facilities are swimming pools (Refugio), tennis courts and sports courts. How much with two gymnastics circuits with stations in the middle of the forest, one for athletes or people with good shape and another with simpler exercises, also has various bike paths.
• Pan and Guindas sports complex, on the European Community Avenue next to the fairground. Its most important facilities are a velodrome, a archery court and some football fields.
• Sports complex La Ensenada, in the avenue Catalonia in the neighborhood of Pan and Guindas. The Corto Front, the gyms and their sports and tennis courts are outstanding.
• Sports complex Campos Goóticos, in the neighborhood of San Juanillo, its main facilities are the heated swimming pools, the football fields Sergio Asenjo and the sports hall. It has an outdoor fronton, tennis courts and a sports court.
• San Telmo sports complex has a football field, tennis and sports courts, swimming pools and a free long front.
• Sports complex Isla Dos Agua, one of the most modern and complete of Palencia. In this is the Municipal Golf Course its most important and extensive installation. It is divided into two areas and also has football pitches, tennis courts, sports courts, skating track, running circuits, beach volleyball track, grass volleyball track, a rugby field, cafes etc.
• Sports complex North Pavilion, in the is the Mariano Haro Pavilion, mainly for the balonmano, also has squash tracks and outdoor paddle courts.
• Sports complex South Pavilion: composed of the Diego Cosgaya sports pavilion and a multi-sports track that allow multiple activities. It is located in the neighborhood of Santiago.
• Lanera sports and leisure centre: its most important facilities are the heated swimming pool, the musculation and cardiovascular rooms, multipurpose rooms, bicycle room, covered sports court, Spa area (jacuzzis, saunas, steam baths, circular shower, biothermal shower, contrast shower), paddle tennis courts, solarium, etc. It's private use.
• Ribera Sur sports park, with various facilities to exercise, was opened in 2008 and has free wi-fi area. It has sports tracks, parkour track, Radiocontrol Car circuit, runway, bike lane, etc.
• Facilities of the Friendship Club: it is the headquarters of the International Friendship Club, it has various football fields.
• Rocódromo or La Roca risk prevention center, a unique facility in Spain and Europe. The result is paths that pass between natural fissures, diary and immense collapses. It has rocódromos, ravines ground and underwater caves, rapids, waterfalls, green areas and facilities necessary to conduct official courses. It is located in the neighborhood of Madrid Avenue south of the city.

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• The 8 Palencia (TDT Mux:62)

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