What is Salamanca?
{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Salamanca |image_skyline = Reflejos de la Catedrales de Salamanca.jpg |imagesize = 317px |image_caption = View of Salamanca |image_flag = Bandera de Salamanca.svg |image_shield = Escudo de Salamanca.svg |image_map = Salamanca, Spain location.png |map_caption = Location of Salamanca in Spain |flag_size = 120px |shield_size = 75px |subdivision_type = [[Country]] |subdivision_name = [[Spain]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous community]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Castile and León]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Province]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Province of Salamanca|Salamanca]] |leader_title = [[Mayor]] |leader_name = Alfonso Fernando Fernández Mañueco ([[People's Party (Spain)|Partido Popular]]) |area_total_km2 = 38.6 |population_as_of = 2010 |population_total = metropolitan:213,399 city:154,462 |population_density_km2 = 4034 |timezone = CET |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = CEST |utc_offset_DST = +2 |coordinates={{coord|40|58||N|5|40||W|region:ES|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = 802 |postal_code = 37001-37010 |area_code = 34 (Spain) + 923 (Salamanca) |website = [http://www.salamanca.es/ www.salamanca.es] }} '''Salamanca''' is a [[city]] in central [[Spain]]. It is the [[capital city]] of the [[province]] with the same name. The city has a very important university started in 1218. It has two [[wikt:cathedrals|cathedrals]] and a famous Plaza Mayor (Main Square) built in the [[18th century]]. Frogs are a mascot of Salamanca. Souvenirs of frogs can be found in almost every shop in the Plaza Mayor. The [[Battle of Salamanca]] was an important defeat for France in the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. == Images == <gallery> File:Salamanca Catedral.JPG|[[New Cathedral, Salamanca|New Cathedral]] of Salamanca File:Plaza mayorsalamanca.jpg|Plaza Mayor File:Casadelasmuertes1154.jpg|Casa de las Muertes (''House of the Deaths'') File:Claustro convento dueñas by Almorca.jpg|Cloister of [[Convento de las Dueñas]] File:Salamanca - Banco de España 3.JPG|Banco de España File