Castille and Leon by DanielF
León was founded by the Romans as a military post and became then the capital of an independent kingdom that eventually merged with Castille thanks to the marriages between the reigning families. The particularities of this old Kingdom, nevertheless, have not totally diluted in the course of centuries and are still perceptible in many aspects. In the Middle Ages, it became one of the most important cities on the Santiago pilgrim road. With the prosperity, the city filled itself with works of art that we have the pleasure to admire nowadays.This picture does not depict any Medieval building, but he famous House of Botines. An early XX century work by Antoni Gaudí, one of the few works of the Catalan genius out of his homeland.
