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The region of Palencia has a Continental Mediterranean climate with cool winters, due to altitude (749 m) and isolation from maritime influences, chilly winds, including some days of snow in the winter and minimum temperatures usually below 0 °C (32 °F). Fog is frequent because of the Carrion river.
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Palencia is the picturesque capital of an eminently Castilian province of the same name. It doesn't feature in the main tourist trail in the region, and it cannot compare to the beauty of Salamanca, León, Burgos or Segovia or the museums and urban dynamism of Valladolid. Two hills surround the city in its north-east area.
Palencia, capital of Palencia provincia (province), in Castile-León comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), north-central Spain. It lies on the Campos Plain southwest of Burgos. Called the Pallantia by the ancient Greek geographers Strabo and Ptolemy, it was the chief town of the Vaccaei, an Iberian tribe.
Among the cereal fields of Tierra de Campos and on the banks of the Carrión River, stands the beautiful city of Palencia. Discover this historic Roman city, which in the Middle Ages enjoyed great splendor as a royal residence and pioneering university center.
Palencia is a small city located in the interior of Spain, in the north of the region of Castile and León. It is a typical Castilian city, peaceful and very attractive for tourism because of its monumental and historical richness and its appreciated landscapes, as well as its great commercial and gastronomic offer.
