City: Ciudad Rodrigo is a municipality
in the West of Spain, in the province of Salamanca, about
25 km from the border of Portugal. It was named after Earl
Rodrigo González who founded the city in the middle
of the 12th century. There must have already been a settlement
of people there. In the sixth century BC it is known that
a Celtic Iberian tribe were living here. Over the centuries
the city was often involved in wars. and large parts of the
city were often destroyed by war actions.
Today the Ciudad Rodrigo numbers 13975 inhabitants (2008).
