Béjar, Province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain
🇪🇸 Béjar is a town and municipality of Spain located in the province of Salamanca, autonomous community of Castile and León. As of 2018, it had a population of 12,961. The historical development of the town has been linked to its once thriving textile manufacturing industry.
Monuments Béjar has many remarkable monuments and historical buildings: • City walls: well-preserved medieval fort • Church of Saint James (Santiago): built in the 12th century, now serves as a Museum of Religious Art • Church of Saint Mary the Great (Santa María la Mayor): built between the 12th and 17th centuries, in several different architectural styles (from Mudejar to Baroque) • Jewish Museum David Melul: shows Béjar's Hebrew past • Ducal Palace and Camera Obscura: an ancient fortress transformed into a palace for the Duke and Duchess of Béjar in the 16th century.
Europe/Madrid/Salamanca
