Famous Historical Figures of Castile and Leon
The region of Castile and Leon has been involved, in some way or another, with many of the most prominent events in Spanish history.
The region of Castile and Leon has been involved, in some way or another, with many of the most prominent events in Spanish history.
Poet and dramatist, this Spanish writer was born in Seville in 1875 and died in Coillure (France) in 1939. He is very connected to the city of Soria. His plain language and...
He was born on 7th December in 1920 in Mazariegos de Campos, in Palencia. He moved to the city when he was 2 years old. His family bought a building in the main street, which was...
He was born in Cordoba in 1411 and he studied in Salamanca and Roma. He was a reporter and secretary of the Latin Letters of the Pope Juan 2nd, which where ordered by Ãlvaro de...
'Don Iñigo López de Mendoza, Marqués de Santillana, Conde del Real de Manzanares, Señor de Hita and Buitrago' was born in Carrión de los Condes, in Palencia, in...
Learn Spanish in Castile and Leon and discover the foremost writers of Spanish Literature. Many important figures in Arts were born in this region. Besides, Castile and Leon has...
Although he wrote some plays and essays, this authorâs work is mainly poetic. Antonio Machado was much linked to Soria and started to write poems following Campoamorâs...
Isabella the Catholic
Queen Isabella I of Castile known as Isabella the Catholic for her piety and crusading zeal stands out as one of the most important of all Spanish... 
Miguel de Unamuno
Miguel de Unamuno is one of Spains foremost men of letters.
Fray Luis de Leon
Fray Luis de Leon was a member of the Augustinian Brotherhood and a writer and poet whose works are considered amongst the foremost achievements of the Spanish...
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar - El Cid Campeador
Born and educated as a nobleman in the Royal Court of the Castile, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar became a famous military leader and diplomat.... 
Miguel Delibes
Miguel Delibes is a novelist, essayist and academic whose works are amongst the most important published in Spain during the second half of the 20th century.... 
Antonio Machado
Antonio Machado is, alongside Miguel de Unamuno and Federico Garcia Lorca, the 20th century Spanish poet whose works have come to be best-known and most revered... 
