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Castile and León [a] is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. It was created in 1983 by the merging of the provinces of the historic region of León: León, Zamora and Salamanca with those of Old Castile ( Castilla la Vieja ): Ávila, Burgos, Palencia, Segovia, Soria and Valladolid. The provinces of Santander and Logroño, which until ...
The Junta of Castile and León ( Spanish: Junta de Castilla y León; JCyL) is the governing and administrative body of the Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León and serves as the executive branch and regulatory authority. [1] It comprises the President of the Junta, the vice-presidents and the ministers ( consejeros ).
The Cortes of Castile and León (Spanish: Cortes de Castilla y León) is the elected unicameral legislature of the Autonomous Community of Castile and León . The exterior of the new Cortes building, opened in 2007, in Valladolid. The tradition of the regional Cortes is traced back to the Royal Council (Latin: Curia Regis) of León (1188).
The Kingdom of Castile ( / kæˈstiːl /; Spanish: Reino de Castilla: Latin: Regnum Castellae) was a polity in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. It traces its origins to the 9th-century County of Castile ( Spanish: Condado de Castilla, Latin: Comitatus Castellæ ), as an eastern frontier lordship of the Kingdom of Asturias.
Juan Ponce de León was born in the village of Santervás de Campos in the northern part of what is now the Spanish province of Valladolid. [10] Although early historians placed his birth in 1460, and this date has been used traditionally, more recent evidence shows he was likely born in 1474.
Burgos (Spanish: ⓘ) is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León.It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos.
The president of the Junta of Castile and León (Spanish: Presidente de la Junta de Castilla y León) is the executive head of government of the Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León.
Alfonso Fernández Mañueco. Alfonso Fernández Mañueco (born 29 April 1965) is a Spanish politician who serves as the President of the Junta of Castile and León since 2019. He is also the chairman of the People's Party of Castile and León since 2017. He served as Mayor of Salamanca between 2011 and 2018.