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What to see and do in Villares de la Reina

What to see and do in Villares de la Reina (La Armuña, Salamanca): 2 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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What to see and do in Villares de la Reina

Villares de la Reina
Village
Villares de la Reina is a municipality in the comarca of La Armuña, in the province of Salamanca, integrated into the metropolitan area of the capital, from which it is only five kilometres away. It was founded in the Middle Ages by order of the kings of León, within the quarter of Armuña in the jurisdiction of Salamanca, and its name, documented as Villar de la Reyna, joins the Leonese term villar, equivalent to village, with the surname de la Reina, in reference to Berenguela, wife of Alfonso IX of León, who lived for a time on what is now the estate of Los Palacios. Its closeness to Salamanca, next to the Los Villares industrial estate, has driven notable population growth in recent decades, up to the roughly 6,780 inhabitants of today, spread across several population centres.
Queen Berenguela at Los Palacios
Historical milestone
The suffix «de la Reina» recalls Berenguela, wife of Alfonso IX of León, who lived for a time on what is now the estate of Los Palacios; medieval documents call the place Villar de la Reyna, from the Leonese villar, «village».