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Christ of the Palencia hill

Christ of the hill, in Palencia (Spain), work of Víctorio crush. The second Christ for size of the world, after those of the humpback ( river of Janeiro ).The historical |orígenes| of the city remain uncertain, but of which yes there is archaeological substantiation is of |prerromanos| settlings in the ancestral home of the current city, to the one that the celtiberians named Pallantia. The people that the occupied went those of the |vacceos|: cult, agrarian and with a powerful organization to be a militant member.With the visigothes it moved close the stage of splendor major for the city, because place under it seat of the cut, moreover that from the IV century also was to soothe Episcopal of relief.The stocking age is the more turbulent period of the history of the city, but also those of major projection in the happenings in the history of lion and of wool coating.Alfonso VIII of wool coating went the more resolved impeller of the city, to the concede you laws and the first free town-council, and establish in it in 1212 the first Spain university. But that went afterwards |transladada| to Valladolid.http ://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palencia|by| picture: ejrrjs

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