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Cuidad Leon
Leon is the capital city of the province of Leon and is located in the northwest of Spain. The origins of the city of Leon go back to the year 68 AD. Leon was built on the site of a Roman camp. According to the chronicles of pilgrims Leon was a city that was 'full of all happiness' and still to this day brings much pleasure to visitors.
Lisbon
A large transient and tourist trade is drawn to Lisbon, which is set on seven terraced hills. The Castelo de São Jorge, a fort that dominates the city, may have been built by the Romans on the site of the citadel of the early inhabitants, who traded with Phoenician and Carthaginian navigators. The Romans occupied the town in 205 B.C. It was conquered by the Moors in 714. The city's true importance dates, however, from 1147, when King Alfonso I, with the help of Crusaders, drove out the Moors.
Valladolid
The city of Valladolid, famous for speaking the purest Spanish, was founded in the 11th century by the nobleman, Pero Ansúrez, who created the collegiate church of Santa María de la Antigua and the Puente Mayor (main bridge over the Pisuerga River), thus organizing city life and converting Valladolid into a bureaucratic center.
Later in a historical context it is the Capital of Spain, and Christopher Columbas dies here in the very early 1500’s.
La Coruna
The Romans came to region in the 2nd century BC, and the colonisers made the most of the strategic position and soon the city became quite important in sea trade. In 62 BC Julius Caesar came to the city (known at the time as Brigantium) in search of the metal trade, establishing commerce with France, England and Portugal.
The city is the site of the Roman Tower of Hercules, which is a lighthouse in continuous operation for nearly 2,000 years.
The Pozo de la Sangre (LOTE DV Specific event / place)
Casilda of Toleda healed by faith converts here and preaches tolerance and kinship in the face of conflict. Many hear her words and start a religious revolution. The wellspring runs down to a pool under construct with an enscription around its base.
Casilda Pool Poem
Our beloved Lady she has passed,
her time on Earth it did not last.
Peace and Love she did teach,
with her gone these things we preach.
Let Faith grow stronger as is your will,
our Spirit soars here and gets its fill.
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