Chat in León

León is a municipality and Spanish city located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, capital of the homonymous province, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León. León had in January 2015 with 127,817 inhabitants spread over an area of ​​39.03 km², and a metropolitan area of ​​231 623 inhabitants according to the map of functional areas of the Junta de Castilla y León, distributed in fifteen municipalities, thus being the second most populated community. Born as a Roman military camp of the Legio VI Victrix around 29 a. C., its character of campaigning city was consolidated with the definitive establishment of the Legio VII Gemina from the year 74.

After its partial depopulation due to the Muslim conquest of the peninsula, León received a new impulse as part of the Kingdom of Asturias. In 910 began one of its most outstanding historical stages to become head of the Kingdom of León, participating actively in the Reconquista against the Muslims, becoming one of the fundamental kingdoms in the configuration of the Kingdom of Spain. The city housed the first Cortes of the history of Europe in 1188, under the reign of Alfonso IX, thanks to which in 2011 it was proclaimed by the Junta de Castilla y León as the cradle of parliamentarism Since the late Middle Ages the city left of having the importance of yesteryear, partly due to the loss of independence after the union of the kingdom of Leon to the Castilian Crown, definitive since 1301.

Sumida in a period of stagnation during the Modern Age, in the War of Independence was a of the first cities in revolt of all Spain, and years after the end of the same, in 1833, it would acquire its rank of provincial capital. The arrival of the twentieth century brought with it the Plan of Ensanche, which increased the urban expansion that had been experimenting since the late nineteenth century, when the city became an important communications hub of the northwest due to the boom in coal mining and mining. The arrival of the railway. Its historical and monumental heritage, as well as various celebrations that take place throughout the year, among which Holy Week stands out, and its situation as an obligatory step of the Camino de Santiago, considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, turn it into a city that receives national and international tourism.

Among its most representative monuments are the Cathedral, the best example of classic French-style gothic in Spain, the Basilica of San Isidoro, one of the most important Romanesque churches in Spain, the tomb of the medieval kings of León and considered as La Capilla Sistine of Romanesque Art, the Monastery of San Marcos, first example of the Spanish Plateresque and Renaissance architecture, the palace of Los Guzmanes, the palace of the Counts of Luna, the church of the Market or the Camino la Antigua, the church of Palat del Rey, the Casa de las Carnicerías and Casa Botines, modernist style and made by the brilliant Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. All of them declared of Cultural Interest, an outstanding example of modern architecture, and one of the museums of the city, is the MUSAC, by Mansilla + Tuñón Arquitectos. León has a developed network of roads and railways, as well as an airport. The city is immersed in the development of different projects such as the conversion of Feve by tram or the palace of congresses, among others. The tram project provoked several criticisms from the Popular Party, then in the municipal opposition, which alleged that its development in a city like León was a pharaonic project of doubtful viability and announced that under his government they would not develop such a project.

The University of León, founded in 1979 as a division of the University of Oviedo, had in the academic year 2006-07 with 13,217 students. It is based in the city and is cataloged, based on criteria such as university demand, human resources or study plans, such as the 2nd University of Castilla y León, after the University of Salamanca, and the 30th.ª de España Since May 4,2010, the city hosts the second seat of the University of Washington in Europe, after its headquarters in Rome, with capacity for 500 students interested in learning Spanish. The city also has a seat of the Confucius Institute.

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