VALLADOLID (SPAIN)

[Photo: Street of Valladolid, Spain]

Wikipedia:

Valladolid (Spanish pronunciation: [baʎaðoˈlið]) is the capital city of the Province of Valladolid and de facto capital of the autonomous region of Castile and León in north-western Spain. It is situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three winegrowing regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales. It has a population of 311,501 people, making it Spain's 13th most populous municipality and northwestern Spain's biggest city. Its metropolitan area ranks 20th in Spain with a population of 413,605 people in 23 municipalities.

[Photo: Columbus monument]

TripAdvisor:

This is located just outside the train station at the corner of Paseo de Filipinos. The sculptor of the statue of Columbus was Antonio Susillo, of Seville. The statue of Columbus looks towards the New World and is guided by the statue of Faith. Both statues are on top of a globe, with a lion underneath the globe. These are flanked by four nude statues of allegorical characters. The monument was going to be sent to Havana, Cuba, for the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America at the end of the 19th century, but the Spanish American War of 1898 ended with Cuba getting its independence. Spain decided to keep the monument for Valladolid, where Columbus died.

[Photo: Museo Nacional de Escultura]

[Photo: Museo Nacional de Escultura]

Wikitravel:

Museo Nacional de Escultura: The best cultural thing that Valladolid has is the polychrome wood museum (Museo de Escultura). Some of the sculptures are used during the Easter holidays when Valladolid becomes a famous city because of its religious traditions.

[Photo: Oriental Museum]

[Photo: Oriental Museum]

Wikimapia:

The Oriental Museum was founded in 1908 and after a second renovation in 2005 was reopened to the public in May 2006. Its aim is to exhibit the large collection of objects from China and the Philippines. They were collected by Augustinian “Filipinos” in their missions in the Far East. This great collection of art is found in this city for two reasons: Valladolid was the headquarters of the Augustinian “Filipinos” in Spain and the second, being the headquarters, it was where they trained the future missionaries who later on brought many artifacts from the East.