Alba de Tormes is a
municipality in the
province of Salamanca, western
Spain, part of the autonomous community of
Castile and León
Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain.
It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the ...
. The town is on the
River Tormes upstream from the city of
Salamanca. Alba gave its name to
one of Spain's most important dukedoms, who had their ancestral seat in the
Castillo de los Duques de Alba.
St Teresa of Ávila died at a convent she founded in the town and is buried there.
From the 12th to the 19th century, the
monastery of San Leonardo was located outside the walls of Alba.
Notable people
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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
* saint
Teresa of Ávila died at Alba
* saint
John of the Cross
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Eloíno Nácar Fúster, priest and Bible translator
Pictures
See also
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Battle of Alba de Tormes
References
Municipalities in the Province of Salamanca
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