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Castile-Leon (Spanish: Castilla y León) is an autonomous region of Spain. It is composed of two regions, León (provinces of León, Zamora and Salamanca) and Castile (provincies of Avila, Burgos, Palencia, Segovia, Soria and Valladolid).

Provinces

Of the former Kingdom of Castile

• Ávila
• Burgos
• Palencia
• Segovia
• Soria
• Valladolid

Of the former Kingdom of Leon

• León
• Salamanca
• Zamora

Cities

• Ávila
• Burgos
• León
• Palencia
• Salamanca
• Segovia
• Soria
• Valladolid (the capital of Castilla y León)

Other destinations

Understand

Castilla y León is an autonomous community of Spain, the country's largest — in fact, it is the largest subnational political division in the European Union. It is formed by the union of two ancient kingdoms: Old Castile and the Kingdom of León, which were separated and reunited several times in the Middle Ages.

Talk

Spanish is the main language, everybody in Castile-Leon speak Spanish, but in the provinces of León, Zamora and some parts of Salamanca the Leonese langauge, "llïonés", is also spoken by a little minority, along with Galician. In Treviño (Burgos province) Basque is still preserved.

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Get around

See

Itineraries

Do

Eat

Drink

Stay safe

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