Palencia
Palencia is a city in northern Spain. Dating from the 11th century, San Miguel Church has a Romanesque apse and Gothic facade. Palencia Cathedral has a Gothic exterior and Renaissance altarpiece with paintings by Juan de Flandes. Cristo del Otero is a huge post-cubist statue of Christ by Victorio Macho, who is buried in the chapel below. The Museo de Palencia has Paleolithic artifacts, Roman mosaics and sacred art.
People born in Palencia (First 49 people) - Page 0
César Arconada
Soviet-Spanish writer
César Muñoz Arconada
Soviet-Spanish writer
Iván Casado
Spanish footballer
Mariano Martín
Spanish footballer
Serapio Cruz
Pablo Casado
Former Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
Elena Anaya
Spanish actress
Blanche of Castile
Queen mother
José Carlos Díez
Spanish economist
Sergio Asenjo
Spanish football player
Ramón Calderón
Lawyer
Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo
Nanny
Marta Domínguez
Former Member of the Senate of Spain
Noemi Villamuza
Illustrator
Alonso Mudarra
Spanish composer
Alfonso Díez Carabantes
Spanish civil servant
Julián Sánchez Melgar
Former State Attorney General of Spain
Bermudo Meléndez
Spanish paleontologist
Raquel Martínez Rabanal
Journalist
Alejandro Díez Macho
Spanish hebraist
Escandar Algeet
Spanish poet
Francisco Fernández Buey
Spanish philosopher
Francisco Giralte
Sculptor
Agustina Martín
Venezuelan actor
Alfonso Polanco
Politician
Concepción Paredes
Spanish athlete
José Luis Encinas
Guitarist
José Antonio Rubio Mielgo
Spanish politician
Diego León
Spanish footballer
manuel betegón baeza
Former Member of the Senate of Spain
Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz
Author
Marina Núñez
Spanish artist
Miguel Ángel Paniagua Núñez
Former Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
Milagros Marcos
Former Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
Monica Vera
Spanish pornographic film actor
Óscar Husillos
Olympic athlete
Mercedes Elvira del Palacio Tascón
Politician
Rosa María Aldea Gómez
Former Member of the Senate of Spain
Victorio Macho
Spanish sculptor
Antonio María Sáez
Spanish Politician
Jesus Cabezon
Spanish politician
Nicholas Bobadilla
Raquel Miriam Andrés Prieto
Spanish politician
Chema Rodríguez
Spanish handball player
Francisco de Reynoso y Baeza
Mario Simón Martín
Spanish politician
Ainoa Campo Franco
Spanish football player
