Nebrija Trail

Follow a 755-mile (1,216 km) trail through all the places Antonio de Nebrija lived.

Sculpture of Antonio de Nebrija by Nigues AnselmFundación Antonio de Nebrija

Elio Antonio de Nebrija

Antonio Martínez de Cala y Xarana (1441–1522) was the first Spanish Humanist, who was celebrated for his Castilian Grammar (1492). A restless and adventurous man, he lived in 27 different places over the 81 years of his life. Want to know what they were?

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Lebrija

This is where Antonio de Nebrija was born in 1444. As well as a statue in his honor, there is a street where his childhood home may have been that bears his name.

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Seville

In Nebrija's time, the city was undergoing major developments and was one of the most important ports. Seville's Puerto de Indias on the Guadalquivir river was the main maritime port connected to Spanish America.

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Alcalá del Rio

Alcalá del Río is a borough in the province of Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It is believed to have formed part of Tartessos (an ancient region in Southern Spain) and apparently traded with the Phoenicians for various goods such as bronze.

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Almadén de la Plata

Almadén de la Plata is a borough in the province of Seville, Andalusia. It is based in the Sierra Norte region and marks the boundary between the provinces of Huelva and Seville.

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Cazalla de la Sierra

Cazalla de la Sierra is a Spanish borough in the province of Seville, Andalusia. It is located in Sierra Norte and forms part of the Sierra Norte Nature Park in Seville, bordering the autonomous community of Extremadura.

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Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal is a Spanish borough in Sierra Norte in the province of Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It belongs to the judicial district of Cazalla de la Sierra.

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Azuaga

Azuaga is a borough in the province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura. In 1477, it was home to an important event: the General Chapter of the Order of Santiago was held in the Hermitage of San Sebastián.

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Zalamea de la Serena

Zalamea de la Serena is a borough in the province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura. It is located at the heart of the La Serena region and is 95 miles (153 km) away from the province's capital, Badajoz.

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Mérida

Mérida, the capital of Extremadura in the west of Spain, was founded by the Romans in the 1st century. The city began its decline after the arrival of the Arabs, remaining effectively ostracized until the 20th century.

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Villanueva de la Serena

Between the 15th and 16th centuries, this became the most important location of the Community de Villa and Tierra of Magacela and the head of 18 villages located in the territory of the Real Dehesa de la Serena, controlled by the Order of Alcántara.

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Cáceres

Cáceres is a city in the eastern region of Extremadura. It was founded by the ancient Romans and still retains various traces of the different cultures it was previously occupied by. In the 15th century, the city suffered from internal disputes of the nobility.

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Brozas

Brozas is a town and borough of the province of Cáceres, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. This region had a considerable Sephardi Jew (also known as Sephardic Jews or Sepharadim) population.

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Moraleja

Moraleja is a borough in the province of Cáceres in the autonomous community of Extremadura, which includes a village of the same name and a large municipal district where various farmhouses and settlements with small populations can be found.

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Zarza la Mayor

Zarza la Mayor is a town and borough in the province of Cáceres, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. The year 1500 was a golden age in the local history of La Zarza, and brought several people closer to this population.

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Gata

Gata is a town and borough in the province of Cáceres, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. It is located in the Sierra de Gata in the northeast of the province of Cáceres, next to Torre de Don Miguel.

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Plasencia

Plasencia is a city in the province of Cáceres, based in the north of the autonomous community of Extremadura. In June 1488, the Plasencia nobility took up arms against Zúñiga, and by doing so recovered the power they previously held over the city.

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Bejar

Béjar is a city in the province of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. In the summer of 1492, the Jews under the lordship of Béjar were forced to convert to Christianity or were otherwise expelled.

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Fuenterroble de Salvatierra

Fuenterroble de Salvatierra is a borough in the province of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is integrated into the Guijuelo region and the Salvatierra subregion.

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Frades de la Sierra

Frades de la Sierra is a borough in the province of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is integrated into the Guijuelo region and the Entresierras subregion.

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Morille

Morille is a borough in the province of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is integrated into the Campo de Salamanca region.

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Salamanca

Founded in the 12th century, Salamanca was a key intellectual center in the 15th and 16th centuries. Famous for its university, it was where Nebrija carried out the majority of his studies and where many of his most important works were published.

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Madrigal de las Altas Torres

Madrigal de las Altas Torres is a borough in the province of Ávila, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is one of the most important towns in the La Moraña region, based in the north of the province.

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Medina del Campo

Medina del Campo is a borough in the province of Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The region, which is classed as a town, is crossed by the low-flow Zapardiel river and by the Autovía A-6.

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Coca

Coca is a borough in the province of Segovia, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is located on the Camino de Santiago de Madrid and in the Campiña Segoviana region.

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Segovia

Segovia's centuries of growth resulted in an abundant architectural legacy, which includes medieval walls, Romanesque churches, an old royal palace, and a Gothic cathedral.

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Soto del Real

Soto del Real, formerly the town of Chozas de la Sierra, is a borough in the community of Madrid. It is located on the south side of the Sierra de Guadarrama—specifically, in the area known as Cuerda Larga.

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Alcalá de Henares

Famous for the University of Alcalá, located in the buildings in the old town, which date back to the 16th century. Antonio de Nebrija spent his last days in this city until his death in 1522. The chapel of the University of Alcalá is home to his grave.

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