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Panorámica. Fragmento de la hoja 158 del Mapa Topográfico Nacional de España de 2002 en la que se representa Ponferrada. Integrado en la comarca del Bierzo, se sitúa a 113 kilómetros de la capital provincial. El término municipal está atravesado por las siguientes carreteras: Autovía del Noroeste A-6 entre los pK 383 y 392, la antigua ...
Ponferrada (Spanish pronunciation: [poɱfeˈraða]) is a city of Spain, located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Ponferrada, the second most populated municipality of the Province of León , is also the capital city of El Bierzo , the only comarca recognized as an administrative entity by law in the region.
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- 11th century
- 544 m (1,785 ft)
- Spain
- nickyhill2015. Carlisle, UK 274 contributions. Castle of the Templar. Great place to visit and tour around the castle and learn about the history of the Knights of the Templar Great views from castle looking out over city.
- Bren M. Madrid, Spain 92 contributions. Essential visit if you're driving. i have been visiting this town for over twenty years and it has become verypopular.
- FactotumDellaCitta. London, UK3,878 contributions. Charming village at the end of a narrow, winding mountain road. This charming village with its stone houses was a nice reward after a long winding drive along narrow mountain roads.
- BootfromEngland. Santiago, Chile 16 contributions. Interesting museum, inspirational restaurant. Housed in 3 old industrial buildings we were pleasantly surprised by the standard of this Museum.
The castle consists of a lar polygonal enclosure (more than 8,000 m2) with double and triple battlements, turrets, rooms and a large low courtyard or albacar. It was one of the largest fortress of north-western Spain during the Middle Ages. In 1211 Alfonso IX makes peace with the Knights Templar and donates the village of Ponferrada to them.
Área metropolitana de Ponferrada. El área metropolitana de Ponferrada es una aglomeración urbana formada por 16 municipios de la comarca de El Bierzo ( Provincia de León, Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León, ( España) cuya población total es de 91.287 (según los datos del INE para 2017).
- Proyectos Wikimedia, Datos: Q6174017
The first records of Ponferrada are as a former citadel in Roman times. From the 11 th century, the rise in pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela spurred the appearance of the hamlet of Pons Ferrata , located on the Pilgrim's Route to Santiago de Compostela and named in this way because of the building of a bridge reinforced with iron.
Explore Ponferrada. Under Roman times this area became the largest gold mining area in the whole of the Roman Empire. The mining took place at Las Medulas which is now a beautiful area of striking red rocks. The town continued to grow and in the late 12th century it was given to the Order of the Temple who built the Castle of the Templars.
