Zamora is a city in
Castile and León, Spain, the capital of the
province of Zamora. It lies on a rocky hill in the northwest, near the frontier with
Portugal and crossed by the
Duero river, which is some downstream as it reaches the Portuguese frontier. With its 24
characteristic Romanesque style churches of the 12th and 13th centuries it has been called a "museum of Romanesque art". Zamora is the city with the most Romanesque churches in all of Europe. The most important celebration in Zamora is the
Holy Week.