BÉJAR

Jorge Hernández Bernal           
                        
Bejar is a town near Salamanca. It has a population from sixteen thousand about. Bejar is a word from Arabian origin. This takes place from one of the traditions called “ Hombres de Musgo”. They get dressed from Musgo because the custom tells that they expelled to the Muslims from Bejar

Firstly, its history is related with Vetones who arrived at 400 b.c and Romans arrived at 400 b.c although without relevance.
However, it produced an important fact. Muslims enter to Spain in the year 700 a.c and as a consequence Bejar is conquered by Muslims during many centuries. Therefore, Bejar's name has an interesting meaning.

On the other hand, its relevance to explain that Bejar's dukes lived during the sixteenth century in a castle and they had an important repercution because they helped to promote Quijote's book the first part which belongs to Miguel de Cervantes.

In addition, there is  an excellent forest and an excellent mountain where you can find magnicifent animals and nature. Bejar is known owing to the water is very healthy and it goes down the mountain. This water is very crystal, clear.

Bejar has a peculiar expression like example “ to y de bejar” and it also has an Extremaduran accent because it's a village that finds the south from Salamanca

It's a town which has changed very much and it has suffered many transformations