Benavente, Zamora

Benavente is a town and municipality in the north of the province of Zamora, in the autonomous community Castile and León of Spain. It has about 20,000 inhabitants.

Benavente
Plaza del Ayuntamiento in Benavente.
Plaza del Ayuntamiento in Benavente.
Flag of Benavente
Flag
Coat of arms of Benavente
Coat of arms
Location of Benavente
Coordinates: 42°0′11″N 5°40′27″W
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCastile and León
ProvinceZamora
ComarcaBenavente y Los Valles
Government
 • MayorLuciano Huerga
Area
 • Total45.12 km2 (17.42 sq mi)
Elevation
800 m (2,600 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total18,095
 • Density400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
DemonymBenaventanos
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ClimateCsb
WebsiteOfficial website

Located north of the capital on an important communications hub, it was repopulated by King Ferdinand II of León, who also awarded it law-codes (a fuero) in 1167. It was originally known as Malgrat or Malgrado.

Location

Benavente is located in the North of Province of Zamora, in the North-West of Spain. It is 65 km away from Zamora City and 260 km from Madrid and its coordinates are 42° 0' N 5° 41' W.

North-West: Manganeses de la Polvorosa North: Villabrázaro North-East: San Cristóbal de Entreviñas
West: Santa Cristina de la Polvorosa East: San Cristóbal de Entreviñas
South-West:Santa Cristina de la Polvorosa South: Villanueva de Azoague, Santa Colomba de las Monjas and Arcos de la Polvorosa South-East: Castrogonzalo

The adjacent municipalities of Benavente are Villanueva de Azoague, Manganeses de la Polvorosa, Santa Cristina de la Polvorosa, Villabrázaro, San Cristóbal de Entreviñas, Castrogonzalo, Santa Colomba de las Monjas and Arcos de la Polvorosa, all of them belonging to Province of Zamora.

Transport

Roads and Highways

Benavente is connected to the national road network through different roads and highways:

Towns Distance (km)
Toro 69
Villalpando 30
Puebla de Sanabria 84
Salamanca 134
Zamora 65
Tordesillas 80
Medina de Rioseco 62
Medina del Campo 105
Valladolid 112
Valencia de Don Juan 33
La Bañeza 37
Astorga 65
Ponferrada 124
León 70
Palencia 90
Segovia 235
Ávila 190
Burgos 210
Oviedo 182
Madrid 266
Ourense 238
Gijón 210
Soria 318
Vitoria 347
Oporto 334
Bilbao 388
Lisboa 600
Barcelona 836

Bus Services

Bus services are provided in the Bus Station by different companies like Alsa, Auto-Res, Empresa Vivas, Linecar or Autocares Julio Fernández. There is a taxi stand in the Bus Station.

National lines

Daily services to: A Coruña, Astorga, Algeciras, Asturias (Oviedo-Gijón), Ávila, Badajoz, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cáceres, Cádiz, Cangas de Narcea, Irún, La Bañeza, León, Lugo, Logroño, Málaga, Madrid, Mérida, Ourense, Monforte, Palencia, Plasencia, Ponferrada, Pontevedra, Salamanca, San Fernando, San Sebastián, Santiago de Compostela, Sevilla, Valladolid, Verín, Vigo, Villablino, Zafra, Zamora and Zaragoza.

International lines
  • Switzerland
  • Germany
  • Belgium
  • Holland
  • France - (París)
  • France (Lyon - Grenoble)
  • Andorra

Regional lines
  • Alcubilla de Nogales
  • Alija del Infantado
  • Arcos de la Polvorosa
  • Ayoo de Vidriales
  • Camarzana de Tera
  • Carracedo - 13:00
  • Cubo de Benavente
  • Ferreras de Abajo
  • Milles de la Polvorosa
  • Molezuelas
  • Mozar
  • Puebla de Sanabria
  • Pueblica de Valverde
  • Santa Colomba de las Monjas
  • Santibáñez de Vidriales
  • Tábara
  • Uña de Quintana
  • Valle del Tera
  • Valderas
  • Villafáfila
  • Villalpando
  • Villanueva de Azoague
  • Villarrín de Campos

Local Service

Senior citizens have a free urban bus service.

Taxi

The town has several taxi stands, one of them in the Bus Station.

Tourism


The Tower of the Caracol.
Church of Santa María de Azogue.

Parador
  • Parador de Turismo Fernando II, which occupies the Caracol Tower, a 16th-century castle with wide segmental miradors and a Mudéjar coffered ceiling in the main section

Churches
  • Church of Santa María de Azogue, in Romanesque style, begun in 1180. It has a Latin cross plan, with a nave and two aisles, separated by cruciform pilasters, with five apses. The nave has Gothic cross vaults added in the 16th century. The interior is home of several Gothic sculptures, such as that of the "Annunciation" (13th century)
San Juan del Mercado church
  • San Juan del Mercado Church, in Romanesque style (12th-13th centuries). It has three decorated portals with the Adoration of the Magi, the Virgin and Child and scenes of the birth of Jesus.

Hostel
Hospital of La Piedad.
  • Hospital of La Piedad, an old pilgrim hostel.

Other
  • Hermitage of Soledad (early 16th century)
  • Caracol Tower

Events
An enraged bull (2005).
  • Fiestas de la Veguilla. The local celebration in honour of the Virgen de la Vega to celebrate the torno al llamado (Monday of Pascuilla).
  • Fiestas del toro enmaromado. Celebrated the day before the corpus, where the young men run (Running of the Bulls) in front of a long rope held on the horns of a bull.

Accommodation
Parador de Turismo Rey Fernando II.

Hotels
  • "Parador de Turismo Rey Fernando II de León" (H****) Paseos de la Mota, s/n
  • "Villa de Benavente" (H ****) Avda. de las Américas, s/n
  • "Santiago" (H ***) Avda. Maragatos, 34
  • "Orense" (H **) C/ San Antón Viejo, 4
  • "Arenas" (H *) Ctra. de Madrid, Km 261

Hostels
  • "Hostal Avenida" (HS**) Avda. El Ferial, 17
  • "Bristol" (HS**) C/ Santa Cruz, 44.
  • "Universal" (HS**) C/ Sancti Spíritus, 17
  • "Alameda" (HS**) Autovía Madrid - Coruña km. 262
  • "Covadonga" (HS**) Avenida Federico Silva, 16
  • "Paradero 3" (HS*) Autovía Madrid – Coruña Km 261
  • "Paraíso" (HS *) C/ los Herreros, 64
  • "La Trucha" (HS) C/ la Viña, 5
  • "Jara" (HS) Autovía Madrid-Coruña km. 261
  • "Pensión La Trapería" (P) C/Agujero de San Andrés, 10

Climate

It is characterized as a Mediterranean climate with continental characteristics due to the altitude of the municipality and its distance to the sea. The amount of winter frosts is increased, taking place even in spring, with consequential damage to some of the local agriculture.

Climate data for Benavente
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 8.1
(46.6)		 11.0
(51.8)		 15.0
(59.0)		 16.5
(61.7)		 20.5
(68.9)		 26.1
(79.0)		 29.4
(84.9)		 28.9
(84.0)		 24.8
(76.6)		 18.4
(65.1)		 12.3
(54.1)		 9.0
(48.2)		 18.3
(65.0)
Average low °C (°F) 0.1
(32.2)		 0.4
(32.7)		 2.7
(36.9)		 4.7
(40.5)		 8.1
(46.6)		 11.9
(53.4)		 14.0
(57.2)		 13.7
(56.7)		 11.1
(52.0)		 7.5
(45.5)		 3.4
(38.1)		 1.0
(33.8)		 6.6
(43.8)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 35.2
(1.39)		 23.9
(0.94)		 23.0
(0.91)		 39.8
(1.57)		 47.1
(1.85)		 27.6
(1.09)		 13.2
(0.52)		 12.7
(0.50)		 30.8
(1.21)		 56.6
(2.23)		 49.0
(1.93)		 55.7
(2.19)		 414.6
(16.33)
Source: World Meteorological Organization[2]

Twin towns – sister cities

Dukes of Benavente
Main article: Duke of Benavente
Portrait of Juan Alonso Pimentel de Herrera. Museum Bonnat, Bayonne, France
Juan Francisco Pimentel y Ponce de León, 7th Duke of Benavente, deceased 1652, by Diego Velázquez, 1648.
12th Countess of Benavente.
TitularPeriod
Primera creación por Enrique II
IFadrique de Castilla y Ponce de León1370–1394
Segunda creación por Enrique IV
IRodrigo Alonso Pimentel1473-
IIAlonso Pimentel y Pacheco
IIIAntonio Alonso Pimentel y Herrera de Velasco
IVLuis Alonso Pimentel Herrera y Enríquez de Velasco
VJuan Alonso Pimentel Herrera y Enríquez de Velasco
VIAntonio Alonso Pimentel y Quiñones
VIIJuan Francisco Pimentel y Ponce de León
VIIIAntonio Alonso Pimentel y Herrera Zúñiga
IXFrancisco Casimiro Pimentel de Quiñones y Benavides
XAntonio Francisco Pimentel de Zúñiga y Vigil de Quiñones
XIFrancisco Alonso Pimentel Vigil de Quiñones Borja Aragón y Centelles
XIIMaría Josefa Pimentel, Duchess of Osuna
XIIIFrancisco de Borja Téllez-Girón y Alfonso Pimentel
XIVPedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin
XVMariano Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin
XVIPedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Fernández de Santillán
XVIIÁngela María Téllez-Girón y Duque de Estradaactual tituar

Notable people

Language

Regional speech is influenced by the Leonese language.

Cinemas and theatres
  • "Reina Sofía" Theatre.[5]
  • "Multicines Benavente" Cinema.[6]

See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Benavente, Zamora.

References
  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. "World Weather Information Service – Benavente". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  3. José Carlos Guerra
  4. José Carlos Guerra presenta en la Sala Maestra su obra más 'matérica'
  5. Teatro Reina Sofía
  6. Multicines Benavente
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