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Palencia
[ puh-len-shuh; Spanish pah-len-thyah ]
noun
- a city in Castilla y León, N Spain.
Palencia
/ paˈlenθia /
noun
- a city in N central Spain: earliest university in Spain (1208); seat of Castilian kings (12th–13th centuries); communications centre. Pop: 81 378 (2003 est)
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I spent a day in Palencia, and found it almost more than its architectural treasures required.
Everywhere, save in the long main street, Palencia was as triste a place as I have seen.
Fortunately the least interesting part of the road is now superseded by the opening of the railway from Palencia to Leon.
The detail of this is very much like the screens already described at Palencia.
He must instantly be paid the arrears of his pensions out of the revenues of the sees of Palencia and Badajoz.
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