1. VALLADOLID

2. The most important dates in the Valladolid History. 1469 The Catholic Kings celebrate their wedding. 1506 Colon die in Valladolid. 1596 Valladolid receive the title of City. 1601 Valladolid is the Kingdom City with Felipe IV. 1603 Cervantes goes to live in Valladolid.

3. Famous people were born in Valladolid. The Queen Elizabeth the Catholic. Felipe II. Felipe IV. José Zorrilla. Jorge Guillen. Rosa Chacel. Miguel Delibes.

4. Gastronomy. Baked Lamb. Breads. Garlic soup. Quails and patridges marinade. There are very famuos and incomparables wines.

5. Valladolid is particulary well known for: Every year since 1956, the Valladolid International Cinema Festival. The International Samples´ Fair in September. The Holy Week is spectacular for her tradition religious and cultural.

6. There is so much for people to see in Valladolid: the best museum known are: Oriental Museum into Real Colegio de Padres Agustinos Filipinos Chinese,Philippine and Japanese Art. Museum of Escultura into Pala- cio de los Condes de Godomar. Museum of Valladolid into Palacio del mercader Fabio Nelli (Archaeology and Fine Arts).

7. Other very interesting, fantastic and fascinating museums are: Museum of Science next to the river Pisuerga. Museum of Contemporary Art.

8. Other Places of interest:There are lots of churches and the unfinished bud pretty Cathedral. Church of Santa María La Antigua.Its tower is one of the most beautiful. Church of San Pablo It´s late Gothic. Cathedral, model of the Herrera School.

9. It is a place where you can entertain. There are theatres, cinemas, pubs, discos… Theatre Lope de Vega Theatre Calderón. Plaza de toros. Estadio Zorrilla.

10. What´s the weather like? As the saying goes: There are nine month of winter and three of hell. It´s a sunny day in the Plaza Mayor of Valladolid.

11. The popular garden is the Campo Grande, It is also as centre of Valladolid. You can see squirres and peacock.

12. It´s also a great place of natural enviroment. PLANTS: Pine grove. Wheats fields. Vineyards. ANIMALS: Patridge. Wild boar. Stork.

13. Its people. Its temperament is restrained, serius and not very communicative. Fashionable to look, they wear dresser and very elegant. Valladolid is the city where Castilian is the best spoken in Spain.

14. If you want, you can know it. We assure you that it will like you. Authors: Mª Felisa Criado. MªÁngeles Escudero Mª Jesús Granado.