14 Facts About Soria

Soria is a municipality and a Spanish city, located on the Douro river in the east of the autonomous community of Castile and Leon and capital of the province of Soria.

In Soria, the deposed king James IV of Mallorca died, and John I of Castile married.

Booming during the Late Middle Ages thanks to its border location and its control over the cattle industry, Soria went into a slow decline over the next few centuries.

Soria was mentioned by UNESCO as a good example when including the Mediterranean diet in its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

In 869 Soria was the centre of the rebellion of Suleyman ibn-Abus against the emir of Cordoba, who sent his son Hakan to quench it.

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Soria lost most of its importance after the unification of Aragon and Castile in 1479, and above all after the decree of exile issued against the Jews in 1492.

Poet Antonio Machado spent five years in Soria teaching French in a secondary school, before moving to the neighbouring town of Segovia.

Soria married and lost his wife there and discovered much about the nature of the Castilian people – a subject the Generation of '98 authors were very interested in.

Campos de Soria was a series of poems lamenting his wife's early death.

The province of Soria has a Minor Basilica, the Marian Basilica de Nuestra Senora de los Milagros, in Agreda.

In Soria is the Museo Numantino, devoted to the archaeological remains of this and other sites in the province.

Soria sits on the banks of Douro river, in its upper course.

The area in which they trained, Monte Valonsadero, is host to the annual Cross Internacional de Soria meeting – one of Spain's most prestigious cross country running competitions.

Soria has a biomass district heating plant called Red de Calor de Soria, which uses woodchip residue fuel from the local timber industry.