CURSO DE FORMACIÓN DEPROFESORES DE ESPAÑOLDEL ESTADO DE OHIOSALAMANCA, ESPAÑA2017 • DEL 16 AL 29 DE JULIO

A españa, donde encontrará una forma de entender la vida diferente;

donde la sencillez resulta transcendente.

A Castilla y león, en la cual descubrirá casi la mitad del patrimonio artístico

español y la cuna de nuestro idioma.

A Salamanca, en la que disfrutará de la tranquilidad de sus acogedoras ca-

lles y plazas y de la sabiduría centenaria de sus aulas.

A este curso, que pretende mostrarle unas pistas esenciales para que su

clase de español sea amena y fresca.

Durante la próxima semana vamos a aburrirl@ con técnicas y trucos para

que sus alumnos se entretengan. ¡Qué contradicción!

Pero nosotros la entendemos porque cada mañana tenemos que sacar un

conejo nuevo de la chistera y conseguir ilusionar a nuestros discípulos,

para que sientan lo mismo que nosotros: pasión por dominar una lengua

tan apasionante como es el español.

Bienvenidos al Curso de formación de Profesores de español.

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ClasesAulA: Gimnasio

HorArio: 9.30am-10.45pm Curso de Gramática y Comunicación

10.45am-11am Descanso11am-12pm Curso de Tecnología /

Análisis literario12pm-1pm Didáctica y Metodología

* la clase de Análisis literario tendrá lugar los martes y jueves en el horario de la clase habitual de Nuevas Tecnologías, sustitu-yendo a esta.

ProfesoresGrAMáTiCA y CoMuNiCACióN: TBC

TeCNoloGíA: Jorge Martín (Ph. universidad de Salamanca)

DiDáCTiCA: Asunción Garrido (Ph. universidad de Salamanca)

Análisis literario: Patrick Gallagher

Códigos wi-fiNAMe: tic_ele

PASSworD: tic_2017

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GrAMáTiCA y CoMuNiCACióN

• Contenidos aún determinar según las priorida-des generales del grupo en relación al nivel ylos tópicos a cubrir duramte el curso.

ANáliSiS liTerArio

• los contenidos específicos del curso serán con-firmados en función de las lecturas selecciona-das para el análisis en clase.

NueVAS TeCNoloGíAS

• introducción al uso de la Tecnología en el aula• la imagen en el aula: Adobe Photoshop • Aplicaciones interactivas para la evaluación en

clase• Síntesis de voz y creación de auditivas• edición de video y su utilización en el aula• edición de audio y su aplicación en el aula• Creación de material impreso: maquetación y

diseño• Aulas virtuales

DiDáCTiCA y MeToDoloGíA

• el tratamiento de la intarección en el aula:análisis de manuales

• Diseño de unidades didácticas• el juego en el aula ele• el tratamiento del error en la clase de ele• el comic como recurso didáctico• el léxico

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condiciones de la beca1. Curso de dos semana para profesores ele.2. Alojamiento en familia ó residencia en habitación doble con pensión completa durante la estancia.3. Traslados de Madrid Aeropuerto a Salamanca. De ida y vuelta. Para evitar costes extra los profesores deberían buscar un vuelo que no ate-rrice más tarde las 19.00 para llegar a Salamanca y a su regreso no debería reservar un vuelo que despegue antes de las 13.00.4. Programa socio-cultural que ofrece Academia Mester durante las dos semanas.5. Seguro Sanitas.** No cubre ni billete de avión ni gastos personales, ni las actividades extra que puedan surgir durante la semana elegida.

extras:1 noche extra: 21 euros Habitación con baño privado en residencia: 7 euros / díaHabitación individual: 2 euros / noche

*** Según las necesidades de cada participante, existe la posibilidad de reservar el alojamiento en la modalidad de apartamento privado. estaopción conlleva un gasto extra dependiendo de las características de la estancia y el apartamento en cuestión. Para reservar este tipo de aloja-miento, debemos conocer con anterioridad los siguientes detalles:

- número exacto de personas que se alojarán- fechas exactas de entrada y salida- cualquier prioridad o preferencia particular que los huéspedes puedan necesitar

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sábado, 22 de julio de 20178am excursión a Segovia

8pm llegada a Salamanca

domingo, 23 de julio de 20178am excursión a el escorial

8pm llegada a Salamanca

lunes, 24 de julio de 20179am-1pm Clases (diariamente)

4pm-5pm Conferencia de Historia

5pm-6pm Clase de cocina mediterránea

6pm-7pm Clase de Sevillanas

martes, 25 de julio de 20179am-1pm Clases (diariamente)

1.05pm-2pm Clase de refuerzo

4pm-5pm Conferencia de Arte

5pm-7pm Visita al Museo Taurino

miércoles, 26 de julio de 20179am-1pm Clases (diariamente)

3pm excursión a Medina del Campo y visita al

Castillo de la Mota

jueves, 27 de julio de 20179am-1pm Clases (diariamente)

1.05pm-2pm Clase de refuerzo

4pm-6pm Visita a la Purísima, Palacio de Fonseca

y Puente romano

viernes, 28 de julio de 20179am-1pm Clases (diariamente)

2pm Comida de despedida

5pm-6pm Visita a la universidad

sábado, 29 de julio de 2017TBC Transfer al aeropuerto

domingo, 16 de julio de 2017llegada a Salamanca

2:30pm Comida en familia o residencia (DiAriAMeNTe)

9pm Cena en familia o residencia (DiAriAMeNTe)

lunes, 17 de julio de 20179.30am-10.45pm Curso de Gramática y Comunicación

10.45am-11am Descanso

11.am-12pm Curso de Nuevas Tecnologías

12pm-1pm Curso de Didáctica y Metodología

4pm-5pm Conferencia de Historia

5pm-6:30pm Visita guiada a la ciudad

8:30pm-10:30pm Cena de bienvenida en restaurante

martes, 18 de julio de 20179.30am-10.45pm Curso de Gramática y Comunicación

10.45am-11am Descanso

11.am-12pm Curso de Análisis literario

12pm-1pm Curso de Didáctica y Metodología

4pm-5pm Conferencia de Arte

5pm-7pm Visita a las Catedrales (ieronimus), Huerto de Calixto

y Melibea y Cueva de Salamanca

8pm-11pm ruta de tapas

miércoles, 19 de julio de 20179.30am-10.45pm Curso de Gramática y Comunicación

10.45am-11am Descanso

11.am-12pm Curso de Nuevas Tecnologías

12pm-1pm Curso de Didáctica y Metodología

4pm-5pm Conferencia de literatura

5pm-6:30pm Visita al Convento de San esteban

9pm Cena en familia o residencia

jueves, 20 de julio de 20179.30am-10.45pm Curso de Gramática y Comunicación

10.45am-11am Descanso

11.am-12pm Curso de Análisis literario

12pm-1pm Curso de Didáctica y Metodología

4pm-5:30pm Visita al Museo Art Decò y chocolate con churros

9pm Cena en familia o residencia

viernes, 21 de julio de 20179.30am-10.45pm Curso de Gramática y Comunicación

10.45am-11am Descanso

11.am-12pm Curso de Nuevas Tecnologías

12pm-1pm Curso de Didáctica y Metodología

4pm-6pm Visita a las Torres de la Clerecía

9pm-11pm Cena de despedida en restaurante

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Salamanca is the capital of the province with the same name and belongs tothe region of Castilla y león. located on the bank of the Tormes river andvenue of the oldest university of Spain, it has a magnificent architectural he-ritage built in the golden stone from the town called Villamayor. This was oneof the key factors to become uNeSCo world Heritage in 1988.

Founded as Vaccean fortress in the 8th century BC as Salmantica and latercalled Helmantiké by Anibal’s Carthaginian conquerors, the city was a centerof communications in roman times, since the Vía de la Plata, one of the mostimportant roman road, crossed the city. later on it was conquered by theAlans, Visigods and Muslims and finally it was incorporated to the león King-dom after the Simancas battle in 939. in 1218 Alfonso The wise founded theuniversity of Salamanca, which made the city famous all over the world eversince.

• Altitude: 802 m

• Surface: 39.34 km²

• Population: 153,472 (2011)

• Density: 3,901.17 inhab./km²

• Name of the inhabitants: salmantino/a, charro/a

• Patron saints: San Juan de Sahagún and Virgen de la Vega

Thanks to some facts and personalities that left their mark in the evolutionof the western society, Salamanca is linked to the universal History:

• in 1492 Antonio de Nebrija published the first grammar of the Castilianlanguage. it was the first study about the rules of a western european lan-guage apart from latin. This was the beginning of the Spanish Golden Age.its author was also the first person in the western world to claim royalties.

• As Christopher Columbus was preparing the trip where he discovered Ame-rica, he got the support of the Dominican priests and he stayed at the Sanesteban Monastery. Abraham Zacut was an astronomer from Salamanca thatsupported all the scientific aspects of the trip.

• The first female university student in the world: Beatriz Galindo, “la latina”.

• The first female lecturer in the world, lucía de Medrano, during the 1508-1509 academic year.

• The years Hernán Cortes was a student before he left to America and con-quer the Aztec empire.

• Francisco de Vitoria was the leader of the School of Salamanca. This ins-titution defended the rights of the natives of the New world, formulated anew concept of the Natural law, renewed the Theology, established the foun-dations of the modern law of Peoples, international law and modern eco-nomy and participated actively in the Trent Council.

• During this Council, the mathematicians of the university of Salamancapropounded to the Pope Gregory Xiii the Gregorian calendar currently usedall over the world.

• The first librarian in the history who got a salary was working at the old li-brary of the university of Salamanca.

• The partial translation of the Bible to Spanish was made by Brother luisde león.

• The oldest printed book about chess, repetition of love and the Chess Artwas written by luis ramírez de lucena and published in Salamanca in 1496.

• Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was probably a student of the univesity ofSalamanca, as we can see in his books: The Cave of Salamanca, The Preten-ded Aunt and The Graduated Vidriera. even in Don Quixote we find some re-ferences to the city thanks to the character Sansón Carrasco.

The university of Salamanca is the oldest higher education institution in the

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Christian Spain after the General Studio of Palencia - that does not exist anymore. in 1218 Alfonso iX of león gave the degree of the General Studio tothe cathedral schools of Salamanca. in 1254 Alfonso The wise awarded Sa-lamanca with the title of university, confirmed by the Pope in 1255. This wasthe first european university with this title. By the mid 16th century the uni-versity was at its very peak and was famous all over the world. The Sala-manca School was born here. it was a global thinking movement where a lotof the modern concepts of potlitics, law and economy were developed.

The economy of Salamanca depends basically on the university and on tou-rism. other sectors such as agriculture and stockbreeding, industry or buil-ding are also important. According to a study, in december 2007 82,69% ofthe active population (55.838 people) was working for the tertiary sector.

The influence of Salamanca in literature can be found in myths such as TheCave of Salamanca, where it was thought that the devil was teaching to sevenstudents. The legend was so popular that in some other places the magiccaves are called “Salamancas”. Besides, the picaresque genre was born inthis city thanks to the novel “The Guide Boy of Tormes”, published in 1554.

in the coat of arms of the city there are some heraldic elements attributedto the first Mr Ayala, the roman Bridge and the bull raised in the pastures ofthe provice. Behind him there is a holm oak. in the upper part of the coat ofarms there are two lyons. The button of Salamanca is a silver piece of jewelrythat belongs to the traditional folklore of Salamanca. This is, together withthe frog, the symbol of the city.

Historyin the 3rd century B.C. the Carthaginian Aníbal conquered thecity, Helmántica at the time called. The legend tells that theSalmantinos gave up themselves without resistance leavingthe city, but that local women took weapons with them undertheir dresses, which they used later on to attack the Carthagi-nians.

with the roman conquering of the city from the Carthaginians Salamancastarted to gain certain importance. Soon it turned into a commercial spot dueto its situation by the Tormes river, which was on the way of one of the com-mercial roman silver route. it is why the romans built the important bridgein the 1st century, that still stands in a very good shape.

with the fall of the roman empire, the Alanos established in lusitania andthe city became part of this region. later the Visigoths conquered the cityand annexed it to their territory.

in the year 712, with the Moslem invasion of the Peninsula, Muse ibn Nusairconquered Salamanca. During the High Middle Ages, the zone stayed as noman’s land and many towns were destroyed for the common raids of theArabs. Salamanca lost all importance and its population was very small.

After the conquest of Toledo by Alfonso Vi, in the year 1085, the definitiverepopulation of the city took place. later on its Diocese was restored and theconstruction of the cathedral began. A few schools started by its side. Thiswas the origin of the university of Salamanca.

in the 13th century, the monarch Alfonso iX of león granted the cathedralschools the range of General Study that, in 1253, turned into university ofSalamanca by the royal decree of Alfonso X, later ratified by the Pope Ale-jandro iV (1255). The university would reach with the time a great prestige.

on August 12, 1311, Alfonso Xi el justiciero was born, the only king of Castileand león from Salamanca.

During the 15th century, with the importance of the Cattle-owners' guild laMesta, Salamanca acquired importance as center of textile manufactures andthe exporting of wool. in 1520 the nobles of the city joined the movement ofthe Communities of Castile against the new taxes that Carlos i was claiming.After the defeat of the Commoners the emperor made trim the towers of thepalaces of the Salmantinos that joined the revolt.

The 16th century was a period of relevance, both in terms of the demographyand in the university life. Salamanca had 24.000 inhabitants and 6.500 stu-dents. The so called School of Salamanca and its teachers became very pres-tigious.

in the 18th century Salamanca had an important economic and cultural re-naissance, which led to the completion of the New cathedral (its works hadbeen stopped for almost one century), the construction of its magnificentPlaza Mayor in 1729 and it allowed the re-do of many of the monumentalbuildings damaged by the earthquake of lisbon of 1755. in the cultural as-pect, the influence of the Bourbon illustration in the university was importantin the last third of the century.

in 1809 Salamanca was occupied by the troops of the Marshall Soultand remained in French hands up to the battle of Arapiles (1812),

when the allied armies under the control of wellington defeatedNapoleon troops. During the occupation, the French built de-fenses and, in order to obtain the needed materials, destroyedan important part of some buildings of the city. The worst mo-

ment came when Fernando Vii closed the Spanish universities.Since its reopening, Salamanca remained as province university.

During the last quarter of the XiX century Salamanca had a slight re-covery due to the construction of the railroad, connecting Spain with Francewith Portugal.

During the Spanish Civil war the city joined the insurgents who revoltedagainst the republican Government. During the first year of the contest Sa-lamanca was residence and center of control of general Franco. The city wasalso a headquarters of the Falangist organizations and of some ministries.

in 1940, Pío Xii founded the university Pontificia of Salamanca as continua-tion of the former studies of theology.

in 1988 Salamanca was declared City Heritage of the Humanity by theuNeSCo. in 1998, upon agreement of the ministries of Culture of the euro-pean union, Salamanca was designated together with Bruges, The europeanCapital of the Culture for the year 2002.

Nowadays Salamanca has some 160.000 inhabitants. The service sector ,re-lated to the university and the schools of Spanish, is the principal source ofrevenue.

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The frog that can be found on top of one of the skullsin the front part of the original university buildingis one of the most important tourist attractions ofthe city. According to the legend, if a student isnot capable of finding it, he will not pass his

exams. in reality, it is said that it is not a frog but atoad, which symbolizes the female sex. it most pro-

bably represented the lust that leads to death (the skull on topof which we can find the toad). This reminded students (at that time all men)that they had to focus on their studies and not succumb to lust.

The “Mariquelo” is a typical character in Sala-manca. The day prior to the All Saints’ Day hegoes up to the bell tower of the New Cathedral

to ring the bells to commemorate that thelisabon earthquake in 1755 did not affectmuch the tower structure. Since that time,a member of the Mariquelo family kept upthe tradition until 1976, when this traditiondied. in 1985 ángel rufino de Haro deci-ded to keep up the tradition and everyyear he goes up to the highest place of the

cathedral and he plays a typical song of Salamanca with a small drum andbagpipes dressed in the typical dress of Salamanca.

During the construction of the Clerecía, the Jesuits made people believe thatthere was a treasure behind one of the shells that decorated the front of the

Casa de las Conchas, located infront of their building. The Jesuitswanted them to demolish that buil-ding and be able to expand theirenormous and powerful Clerecía.

in the Carvajal slope we can findthe Cave of Salamanca where, ac-cording to the legend, the Devillectured. Therefore, in some coun-tries in South America a “Sala-manca” is a cave of witches. whatwe know as Cave of Salamanca isactually part of the sacristy of theformer San Cebrián Church.

Convento de las ÚrsulasConvent that was founded byDon Alonso de Fonseca (pa-triarch of Alexandria) in 1512under the name Convento dela Anunciación. of the late go-thic style, its undeniably be-autiful tower sets itself apartwith its flame relief crown. onthe interior the statue lying

above the founders grave (sculpted by Diego de Solé) and the artistic mas-terpieces of the choir loft leap forth.

Schedule: from Monday to Friday, from 11am to 1pm and from 4:30pm to6:30pm. Saturday, from 5:30pm to 6:30pm.

Palacio de Monterreyof renaissance style, it was erected in1539 and now belongs to the family ofthe Duke of Alba. it owes its name to itsfounder, the Count of Monterrey. Variousartists participated in its construction, al-though the most important was rodrigoGil de Hontañón. Appearing large anddetached from its surroundings, The an-gular defense tower and the splendid

galleries of the third floor jump out. The building´s upper extremes remindus of the gothic period under isabel.

ClerecíaTemple and baroque convent built by the Jesuits inthe 17th century (1617) under the name School ofthe Holy Spirit. its first architect was Juan Gómezde Mora (constructor of the Plaza Mayor in Madrid).The decorated wall of the church was conceived ona grand scale, thus the enormous columns that pre-side. The twin towers (a work by Andrés García deQuiñones) really stand out, between which is found

anecdotes buildings

Global Health Sciences ProgramSemester, A/Y, Summer, J-Term

(with internship at localhospital/health center)

Taught in English and Spanishwww.mester.org

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an image of the virgin flanked by the figures of Phillip iii and Margaret ofAustria, its patrons. The stone ceiling that illuminates the interior has majorstability problems owed to calculation errors in its architecture. in the sanc-tuary one can admire various paintings attributed to rubens and an excellentmulticolored sculpture of the crucified Christ, sculpted by Carmona.

Schedule: from Monday to Saturday, from 1:15pm to 2pm and from 7:30pmto 8:30pm. Sunday, from 12:30pm to 2pm.

Casa de las ConchasPalace both Gothic andrenaissance, construc-ted in the last quarterof the 15th century(1493), is the monu-ment most symbolic ofthe city and one of themost representative ofthe Spanish civil archi-tecture of the period ofthe Catholic Kings.

Constructed to celebrate the marriage of Knight rodrigo Arias de Maldonado(governor of the city and department chair of the university) with lady Maríade Pimentel, whose family emblems were represented in the edification. Hepertained to the order of the Knights of Saint James of Compostela and thesymbol of its members was a shell (thus the over 400 shells that decoratethe outer walls) and lady María´s family seal is located above the main door,with five flowers of lis. The Gothic style iron bars that cover its windows alsostand out for their originality.

Schedule: From Monday to Friday, from 9am to 9pm and from 4:30pm to6:30pm. Saturday and Sunday, from 10am to 7pm.

universityThe estudio Salmantino, as itwas first called, is the thirdoldest university in europethat remains open to thisday, after Paris´s ¨la Sor-bona¨ and italy´s universityof Bologna. Founded at thebeginning of the 13th cen-tury (1218), it experiencedits greatest period of prospe-

rity during the 15th and 16th centuries, when the greatest professors of theHoly roman empire taught in its classrooms.

Artistically, its facade is the best example of the plateresque style. its incre-asing relief gives the sensation of amplitude. it is decorated with manysymbols that allude to the virtues and vices. This facade, reinforced by lateralpillars and topped with gothic pinnacles, is divided into three well-definedparts that represent the social powers-that-be at the time of its construction.

on the interior of the building one notices the adorned arabic-style ceilingthat surrounds the patio, the renaissance stairway that accesses the firstfloor, the Paranifo, the baroque chapel, and the library, which is importantfor the numerous printed volumes it contains as well as for the baroque fur-niture where the books are deposited.

Schedule: From Monday to Saturday, from 9:3am to 1:30pm and from 4pmto 7:30pm. on Sundays and holidays, from 10am to 1pm.

CathedralsSalamanca has two cathedrals: the old, or roman, and the new, or Gothic.

The first began its construction in 1140 and was finished in 1280. For thatreason, its style is a mix of roman and gothic. Divided into three chambers,the renaissance alterpiece (painted by Nicolás Florentino and composed of53 polychromatic tables representing scenes from the life of Christ and theVirgin) separates itself from the rest of the interior.

on the exterior the most important is the roman, almost gothic for its Byzan-tine influence, style Torre del Gallo (Tower of the rooster). it gets its namefrom the animal represented in the weathervane that rests atop the tower.

when the university started to gain international prestige at the end of the15th century, the city outgrew the old cathedral. For that reason, constructionof a new cathedral was begun, a project that wouldn´t be finished until twoand a half centuries later (1730). owing to its time spent in construction, itis influenced by the different architectural styles that existed at the time: itsstructure is gothic, while the interior and exterior are adorned in gothic, re-naissance, baroque and neoclassic styles.

on the western side of the exterior we find the Portal of the Nativity, whichalso represents the suffering of Saint John of oante in the center and SaintPeter and Saint Paul at his sides. Here we find two heavily detailed auto-reliefnativity scenes. on the northern side we find the Portal of Palms, which re-presents Jesus´ entrance into Jerusalem, overshadowed by the varyingheights of the different chambers crowned with beautiful support columns inwhich each different style left its mark.

The choir loft (a work by José Churriguera) and the organ, both baroquestyle, as well as the many chapels, define the interior.

Schedule: everyday, from 10am to 2pm. and from 4pm to 6pm (until 8pm inthe summer).

roman Bridgeerected above the Tormes river around 200 B.C., the Silver road that unitedMérida and Astorga crossed this bridge. it consists of 26 arcs, although onlythe 15 nearest to the city were constructed by the romans.

iglesia de San estebanraised in all its lusterunder the sponsors-hip of Friar Juan ál-varez de Toledo, itsconstruction wasbegun in 1524 underthe direction of re-naissance architectJuan de álava.

its plateresque facade, alterpiece type, is sheltered by a great arc and wasdesigned as strictly decoration. Grabbing one´s attention on the interior, thealtarpiece, a work of José Churriguera, which utilizes in its decoration someof Spain´s first columns of Solomon (typically baroque element).

Schedule: From Tuesday to Sunday, from 9am to 1pm and from 5pm to6:3pm (in summer until 8pm).

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furniture, jewelry, fans, textiles, bronze sculptures, porcelain, enamel andother collections. All these pieces make the visit to the museum a varied tripto the different tastes of the middle-class society of that time.

Address: Calle del expolio 14. www.museocasalis.org.

Museum of the Automotion Historylocated on the bank of the river Tormes, this museum shows an aestheticevolution of cars. There is a permanent exhibition with vehicles that allowsthe visitor to follow the history of cars from the prehistory to the presenttimes and even to the future thanks to the temporary presence of prototy-pes.

Address: Plaza del Mercado Viejo s/n. www.museoautomocion.com.

Trade and industry Museumit recovers and keeps track of economical, industrial and mercantile activityof Salamanca and its province. Besides, this is the only museum in Castilla yleón that shows the ingenuity and initiative of Salamanca’s entrepreneurs.

Address: Avda. Campoamor s/n. www.museodelcomercio.es.

Domus Artium 2002This museum is built on the foundations of an old prison and it displays se-veral comtemporary art expressions. its 9,000 square meters are divided indifferent exhibition rooms, workshops, conference and showing rooms, li-brary, etc...

Address: Avda. de la Aldehuela s/n. www.ciudaddecultura.org/da2

Cathedral Museumit has a very large Gothic painting collection, specially the Santa Catalina andVirgen de la rosa triptychs, made by Francisco Gallego. in the San Martinchapel you can find magnificent murals and in the Anaya chapel is locatedthe spectacular tomb of Diego de Anaya engraved in alabaster.

Address: Calle Cardenal Pla y Daniel s/n. www.catedralsala-manca.org.

Provincial Museumit has a goldsmith collection, provincial archeology samples and local popularart as well as paintings from numerous artist from the 14th century to thepresent time. The most important pieces are el Descendimiento by luis Mo-rañes, San Andres by Juan de Flandes and a unamuno portrait by echeva-rría.

Address: Plaza Patio de escuelas Menores 2.

unamuno’s House MuseumBuilt in the 18th century, this baroque museum was formerly the house ofthe university vice-chancellors and nowadays is the writer Miguel de unamu-no’s museum. Various memories, his library and several belongings can befound in his house.

Address: Calle libreros, 25

Bullfighting MuseumAddress: Calle del Doctor Piñuela, 5-7. www.museotaurinosalamanca.es.

Art Nouveau and Art Déco Museumlocated in an old modernist mansion, there are decorative art collectionsfrom the Art Nouveau from the late 19th century up to the First world warand from the interwar period. They also display collections of porcelain dolls,

Convento de los Dominicos

This early 16th century renaissance style project contrasts with the plate-resque portal of its church (San esteban). The Courtyard of the Kings, gothicon the interior and plateresque on the exterior, stands out on the interior.

Schedule: From Tuesday to Sunday, from 9am to 1pm and from 5pm to6:30pm (in summer until 8pm).

Plaza Mayor

Baroque style, although not highly exaggerated, it was erected above an oldmarket square in the 18th century. its form is not square, but rather that ofa trapezoid (each side has its own measurement) owing to an error in theexecution of Alberto de Churriguera. it is bordered by 88 arcs between whichmedallions representing important Spanish historical and cultural figures havebeen placed. The eastern wing depicts the likenesses of the kings from Al-fonso Xi to Fernando Vi, excluding that of Francisco Franco. on the southernwing are the conquistadors, and to the north and to the west, literary figuresand others related to the history of the city. its divided into three differentfloors with rows of balconies.

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Shoppingyou will find the best fresh food in Salamanca in the Central Market (MercadoCentral, next to the Plaza Mayor). Another possibility is the San Juan Market(Calle de Valencia, 19). Besides, you have several chains of supermarkets allover the city. The nearest to Mester is Carrefour (Calle Toro, 82).

in the city centre (Calle Zamora, Calle Toro, Calle Azafranal and in the su-rrounding area) you can find international and national fashion shops, acces-sories, bookshops, etc.

you can also find several shopping centres: el Corte inglés (Calle María Au-xiliadora 71), el Tormes (Santa Marta de Tormes), Vialia (Paseo de la esta-ción) and los Cipreses (Calle Alfonso iX). in those places you can not onlygo shopping but also enjoy their cafeterias, restaurants and cinemas.

Cinemain Salamanca there are 4 theaters:

— Van Dyck Tormes (Centro Comercial el Tormes. Carretera de Santa Martas/n)

— Van Dyck Joven (Paseo del Doctor Torres Villaroel, 45)

— Van Dyck (Paseo del Doctor Torres Villaroel, 40)

— Box Vialia Salamanca (Centro Comercial Vialia. Paseo de la estación s/n)

Tickets cost 6 euros from Monday until Thursday; 6,20 from Friday until Sun-day (and Bank Holidays) and 5 euros on wednesday (reduced prices) andfor seniors over 65 and students with iD. 3D films are one euro more expen-sive and you have to pay another euro for the glasses.

Showings are usually at 6.00pm, 8.00pm and 10.00pm Please check before-hand since every movie has different showings.

De Tapasyou can eat tapas in almost every corner of the city. we recommend you twoof the most famous tours in Salamanca:

Calle Van Dyck and surrounding area: you will find lots of bars offering deli-cious grilled meat.

Plaza Mayor and surrounding area: the bars offer traditional and more so-phisticated “pinchos” (snacks).

evening and night lifeThe Villamayor stone, used for most of the monuments in the city, shineseven more when it is dark. Take advantage of this and have a walk at nightwhen those marvelous builings are illuminated.

The famous Salamanca night life offers to its visitors all kind of atmospheres.There are over 2.000 bars in the city, where you can find all music styles andtypes of people. it is worth taking a tour to the different bars, clubs and dis-cos to discover their original decoration.

Varillas Area: mythical places located in the sourrounding area of Plaza deSan Justo where you can listen to english and American music. This is themost alternative area. People are usually dressed in a grunge or hippie stylewith some skater touches.

Gran Via Area: all kinds of bars and clubs with a great variety of styles andan average of 25-30 years old.

Calle Bordadores Area: miscellaneous decoration and sometimes live music.Multicultural and international atmosphere, where Spanish and internationalstudents, tourists and people from Salamanca meet.

Parks and GardensCampo de San FranciscoHuerto de Calixto y MelibeaParque de la AlamedillaParque de la AldehuelaParque FluvialParque Huerta de los JesuitasPlaza de AnayaPlaza de la Merced

in general, try to avoid them at night.

leisure time

NewspapersEl Pais: www.elpais.es. This link will take youto the online version of El Pais, one of Spain’smajor newspapers.El Mundo: www.elmundo.es. Another impor-tant newspaper in SpainLa Gaceta de Salamanca: www.lagacetadesa-lamanca.es. The local newspaper.

Radio StationsCadena Cien Salamanca: 90.0 FM. Variety.Cadena Dial Salamanca: 99.3 FM. SpanishMusic.COPE Salamanca 1.134 AM. News.Europa FM: 96.2 FM. Top-40.Interpop 100.7 FM. Top-40.Kiss FM 91.7 FM. Oldies.Los 40 Principales: 96.9 FM. Top-40.Onda Cero Radio 97.6 FM. News.Punto Radio Salamanca 93.3 FM. News.R K M 93.0 FM. Variety.Radio Intereconomia: 107.0 FM. EconomicNews.Radio Maria 105.5 FM. Religious.Radio Oasis 106.4 FM. Oldies.Radio Salamanca-Cadena SER: 96.5 FM. News.Radio Universidad 89.0 FM. Variety.Rock & Gol 90.7 FM. Rock.

Digital TV ChannelsLa 1: www.rtve.es. Public service broadcastingnetwork. La 2: www.rtve.es. Second nationwide publicchannel.24h: www.rtve.es. Public 24-hour news chan-nel.TVE HD: www.rtve.es. Public service broadcas-ting network in HD.Antena 3: www.antena3.com. General pro-grams.Cuatro: www.cuatro.com. General programs.Telecinco: www.telecinco.es. General pro-grams.laSexta: www.lasexta.com. General programs.13 TV: www.13tv.es. Catolic general programs.Intereconomía: www.intereconomia.com. Ge-neral programs.Radio Televisión Castilla y León: community

chanel. www.rtvcyl.es.La 8: www.rtvcyl.es/Salamanca. Local chanel.Neox: www.antena3.com. Children/teen chan-nel and general programs.Nova: www.antena3.com. Woman-orientedprograms, lifestyle, TV series and movies.Divinity: www.telecinco.es. Women-orientedprograms, lifestyle and celebrity gossip.Energy: www.telecinco.es. Men-oriented pro-grams.Discovery MAX: www.discoverymax.es. FreeDiscovery channel documentaries.Paramount Channel: www.paramountchan-nel.es. Free Paramount Channel movies.FactoríaDeFicción: www.telecinco.es. TV series.TDP: www.rtve.es. Sports.

Helpful WebsitesOK Spain: www.okspain.org. This link takes youto the official website of the US Spanish officeof tourism. From this site you can find specificinformation on everything from current eventsto Spanish gastronomy.Sí Spain: www.sispain.org. The largest and oneof the best Spain oriented English languagewebsites. It contains information on Spanishpolitics, history and culture.Yahoo! Spain: www.yahoo.com/Regional_In-formation/Countries/ Spain. This site providesa number of good leads and links. Lonely Planet – Spain: www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/eur/spa.htm. This site provides brief des-criptions of Spain’s history, culture, economyand attractions. It also provides informationabout traveling around Spain.Agenda de Ocio: www.guiadelocio.com. Publis-hed the first Friday of every month, includes in-formation on local events.There are also many websites that might be ofinterest if you just do a search on Salamanca:www.salamanca.es.City Hall website: www.aytosalamanca.es.

Euro Daily Exchange Ratehttp://es.finance.yahoo.com/divisas/conver-sor/#from=EUR;to=USD;amt=1 This site givesyou an update on the current exchange rate.

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