Benavente is a municipality in the north of the province of Zamora, in the autonomous community Castile and León of Spain. It has about 20,000 inhabitants.
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.
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.
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.
Roads and Highways
Benavente is connected to the national road network through different roads and highways:
A-66 · Autovía Ruta de la Plata: Gijón - Oviedo - Mieres - Puerto Pajares - León - Benavente - Zamora - Salamanca - Béjar - Plasencia - Cáceres - Mérida - Sevilla. A-6 · Autovía del Noroeste. Madrid - Benavente - Lugo - A Coruña - Arteixo Autovía A-52 · Autovía de las Rías Bajas. Benavente - Sanabria - Verín - Ourense - Vigo . N-610 · Palencia-Benavente.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.
Diary 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.
SwitzerlandGermanyBelgiumHollandFrance - (París)France (Lyon - Grenoble)AndorraAlcubilla de NogalesAlija del InfantadoArcos de la PolvorosaAyoo de VidrialesCamarzana de TeraCarracedo - 13:00Cubo de BenaventeFerreras de AbajoMilles de la PolvorosaMolezuelasMozarPuebla de SanabriaPueblica de ValverdeSanta Colomba de las MonjasSantibáñez de VidrialesTábaraUña de QuintanaValle del TeraValderasVillafáfilaVillalpandoVillanueva de AzoagueVillarrín de CamposSenior citizens have a free urban bus service.
The town has several taxi stands, one of them in the Bus Station.
Main sight
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 sectionChurch 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, 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.Hospital of La Piedad, an old pilgrim hostel.Hermitage of Soledad (early 16th century)Caracol TowerFiestas 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."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"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, 10It is characterized as a Mediterranean climate with continental characteristics as with the altitude of the municipality and its distance to the sea. However, the amount of the winter frosts is lifted, taking place even in spring, with the consequential damage to some of the local agriculture.
Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla, México. Vila Real, Portugal.José Carlos Guerra, painter.Maria Josefa Alfonso Pîmentel Tellez Girón Borja y Centelles, fourteenth Countess and twelfth Duchess of Benavente, a patron of Goya and BoccheriniFray Toribio de Benavente o Motolinía (1477–1569), a missionary to MexicoAlonso Briceño, one of the thirteen conquistadors led by Francisco PizarroPita Pizarro (1792–1845), a minister of Isabella II of SpainFrancisco de Castro Pascual (1871–1949), microbiologistJosé Nuñez Pernía (1805–1879), a Marquis of Nuñez and the first president of the Sociedad Hahnemanniana MatritensePedro Nuñez Granés (1869–1944), engineerCelestino Alonso Rodríguez Valdespino (1828–1875), chess playerFederico Silva Muñoz (1923–1997), politicianLaura Iglesias Romero, a scientist who does research for the CSICFrancisco Jose Yndurain Muñoz (1940–2008), scientistAlmudena Fernández (born 1977), modelRegional speech is influenced by Leonese language.
Cinemas and theatres
"Reina Sofía" Theatre."Multicines Benavente" Cinema.
