Salamanca, known as "The Golden Town" because of the golden stone of Villamayor of all its buildings, is a sequence of roman, visigoth, romanesque, gothic, renaissance, barroque and nineteenth-century towns. All in the same land by the river Tormes.

The history of the city is characterized by the foundation of the University. Many historical personages were connected to it: kings, popes and figures like Fray Luis de León, Antonio de Nebrija, Francisco de Vitoria, Cervantes, Menéndez Valdés, San Juan de la Cruz, Miguel de Unamuno and Gonzalo Torrente Ballester.

Today, its more than 30.000 students are a lively and multicultural community. Salamanca, declared World Heritage by the UNESCO, has been the European Capital of Culture in 2002 because it stands out as an university city with a rich historical and artistic heritage. Also because today's Salamanca can be described as an open city, cosmopolitan, and with a wide cultural activity.