On The Names of Places

This blog is the result of a project done with students at the Universidad de Salamanca in Spain in the spring of 2012. Following a seminar in Canadian Studies in which I presented some stories of contested place names in Canada, they each wrote about a place name that was unusual or contested or had an interesting history. Some of their stories are intimate and personal, others informative and enlightening; all of them are fascinating. Enjoy reading!

Sunday, May 6, 2012

La Mancha: Don Quijote’s land, giants’ land

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José Bosco Camacho Miñano.                            La Mancha is a region located in the centre-south of Spain. Its territory is share ...
Friday, April 27, 2012

Fisterra

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  Ildara Enríquez García I remember the first time I came to Fisterra. I must have been only eight years old. I remember being comple...

SANTO DOMINGO DE SILOS: the sound of silence

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  Marijuán González Santo Domingo de Silos is a small village of Burgos, with a population of 165 inhabitants. It is named after Sain...
Thursday, April 26, 2012

Lázně Kynžvart, Bohemia

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Barbora Kaprálová Lázně Kynžvart is the name of a small town in the western part of Bohemia, or if you wish Czech Republic. It is a ...

La Casa de las Muertes

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Irati Rúa Ariztegi In the Bordadores Street, in the Spanish city of Salamanca, there is a building which has an enigmatic and dark name: La...

BÉJAR

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Jorge Hernández Bernal                                     Bejar is a town near Salamanca. It has a population from sixteen thousand about. ...

Los Arribes/Las Arribes

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Raquel Morin Rogado One interesting place to take a walk along the Duero river and to have a nice time is the Natural Park of Arribe...
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