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Valladolid, Spain
Valladolid, Spain

Valladolid

Spain
Also known as: Belad Ulid
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Valladolid, city, capital of Valladolid provincia (province), in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Castile-León, northwestern Spain. The city lies along the Pisuerga River at its confluence with the Esgueva, southwest of Burgos. The first recorded mention of Valladolid (Moorish Belad Ulid) appears to be in a letter of 1074 from Alfonso VI to Count Pedro Ansúrez granting him the lordship of the place. Under Ansúrez, Valladolid grew into a city of considerable importance. From...

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