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León, city, capital of León provincia (province) in Castile-León comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), northwestern Spain. It lies on the northwestern part of the northern Meseta Central (plateau), at the confluence of the Bernesga and Torío rivers. The city developed from the camp of the Roman 7th Gemina Legion; its modern name is a corruption of the Latin legio. It was held by the Goths during the 6th and 7th centuries and fell to the Moors,...

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