Soria 616226 224900247 2008-07-10T22:25:11Z Emijrp 363486 {{Otheruses}} [[Image:Soria, Spain location.png|thumb|right|Location of Soria in Spain]] '''Soria''' is a city in north-central [[Spain]], the capital of the [[Soria (province)|province of Soria]] in the [[autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous community]] of [[Castile and León]]. The [[municipality]] had a population of 38,004 in [[2006]] - nearly 40% of the population of the province. Situated on the [[Rio Duero]] in the east of the autonomous community, the city is noted for its walls and a number of architecturally distinctive churches. These include the [[Plateresque]] Concatedral de San Pedro and its cloister, the convent church of [[Santo Domingo]], and the unique architectural mix of the ruined cloisters of [[San Juan de Duero]], on the other side of the river from the old town. A few kilometres north of the town are the ruins of [[Numantia]], a [[Celtiberians|Celtiberian]] town whose inhabitants destroyed it rather than let it fall to [[Scipio]]. In Soria is the Museo Numantino, devoted to the archaeological remains of this site. The city's professional [[football (soccer)|football]] club is called [[CD Numancia]]. The 20th century Spanish poet, [[Antonio Machado]], spent five years in Soria teaching [[French language|French]] in a [[secondary school]] in the early part of the century. These years were to prove essential to his further literary development. He married and lost his wife there and discovered much about the nature of the [[Castilian people]] – a subject about which the [[Generation of '98]] authors were very interested. ==See also== *[[List of Spanish cities]] *[[List of municipalities in Soria]] {{coor title dm|41|46|N|2|28|W}} [[Category:Municipalities in Soria]] [[Category:Soria province]] {{Soria-geo-stub}} [[af:Soria]] [[ang:Soria]] [[an:Soria]] [[ast:Soria]] [[ca:Sòria]] [[co:Soria]] [[pdc:Soria]] [[de:Soria]] [[es:Soria]] [[eo:Sorio]] [[eu:Soria]] [[fa:سریا]] [[fr:Soria]] [[gl:Soria]] [[hr:Soria (grad)]] [[io:Soria]] [[id:Soria]] [[ia:Soria]] [[ie:Soria]] [[it:Soria]] [[he:סוריה (ספרד)]] [[jv:Soria]] [[lij:Soria]] [[nl:Soria (stad)]] [[ja:ソリア]] [[nov:Soria]] [[oc:Soria]] [[pl:Soria]] [[pt:Sória]] [[ty:Soria]] [[rmy:Soriya]] [[ru:Сория]] [[sr:Сорија]] [[tr:Soria]] [[vo:Soria]] [[zh:索里亚]]