THE LAKE FROM SANABRIA

THE LAKE FROM SANABRIA Welcome to the history, welcome to the legend, welcome to Zamora. Come with us and listen to very old secrets, amazing adventures and beautiful princesses. And today: THE LAKE FROM SANABRIA. Throught this legend you will know the origin of the huge lake which is in Sanabria. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… People say that it was a rainy day, it was windy and it was very, very cold. When a poor girl who was a pilgrim walking with a cane arrived in the village of Valverde de Lucerna asking for food. But no one attended her, except some women who were baking bread in the bakery. They allowed her to enter the oven room so that he could shelter from the intense cold and satisfy his hunger with some bread. Suddenly, the girl turned out to be a witch, she decided to punish the people for their lack of charity. The witch told the women in the bakery that they had to go to the mountains, because she was going to destroy the village with water. Then the witch stuck his cane into the ground saying: “Here I dig my cane and and water will gush out. Here I dig my cane and the water will destroy the town.” The water gushed out, flooding the whole town of Valverde de Lucerna with the houses and the people. And that lovely valley was now a lake. Only the bakery was saved, and you can see it if you go to the lake, it is the small island which is in the water. The people from the village couldn´t even remove the two bells from the church. And this is these are the bells that good people can hear ringing from the bottom of the waters on the night of San Juan, the 24th of June, every year. ………………………………………………………………………………………… This was our legend today, THE LAKE FROM SANABRIA. Come to Zamora and live your own legend.

SAN ATILANO, THE FISH AND THE RING

SAN ATILANO, THE FISH AND THE RING Welcome to the history, welcome to the legend, welcome to Zamora. Come with us and listen to very old secrets, amazing adventures and beautiful princesses. And today: SAN ATILANO, THE FISH AND THE RING. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Once upon a time, there was a good man called Atilano. He was the bishop of Zamora, the leader of the church in the city. But he thought he didn´t deserve to be the most important man among his people. And he decided to leave the city. He became a pilgrim to go to the Holy Land. When he was leaving Zamora he stopped by the river Duero, he threw his ring from the stone bridge to the water and shouted: “Only if I find the ring I will be the bishop of Zamora again.” And he started his pilgrimage. He went to the Holy Land and after a few years he came back to Zamora. When he arrived back, he went to have lunch with some friends close to a church called Santo Sepulcro. And he ordered a fish from the river. And what a surprise when he could she inside the fish the ring he had threw some years ago to the water. As soon as he took his ring, the bells started to ring and his old clothes of pilgrim changed into gorgeous bishop garments. Next day he was again the bishop of Zamora. He was San Atilano, a very good man, who was loved by his people and God had decided that he deserved to be the leader of the church in the city. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… This was our legend today, SAN ATILANO, THE FISH AND THE RING. Come to Zamora and live your own legend.

THE DOOR OF BETRAYAL THE DOOR OF LOYALTY

THE DOOR OF BETRAYAL / THE DOOR OF LOYALTY 1. Welcome to the history, welcome to the legend, welcome to Zamora. 2. Come with us and listen to very old secrets, amazing adventures and beautiful princesses. 3. And today: ………THE DOOR OF BETRAYAL / THE DOOR OF LOYALTY. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. In 1072, Zamora was an important city on the river Duero. 5. It was surrounded by a high wall that protected the city from the enemies. 6. The Queen was Urraca and one of the best soldiers was Arias Gonzalo. 7. King Sancho wanted to conquer Zamora. 8. And he sieged the city to force it into surrendering. 9. But the Queen from Zamora, Queen Urraca and her soldiers didn´t want to. 10. The sieged of the city lasted more than seven months and the citizens were suffering a lot. 11. In the end, a soldier called Vellido Dolfos killed King Sancho and Zamora was free again. 12. That is the reason why people say that “Zamora wasn´t defeated in one hour”. 13. When Vellido Dolfos killed the king, he scaped from his soldiers by entering the city through a secret door. 14. First, that door was called “The door of betrayal”. 15. But, later on, the Townhall from Zamora called it “The door of loyalty”. 16. Because it helped the city to be free. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17. This was our legend today, THE DOOR OF BETRAYAL / THE DOOR OF LOYALTY. 18. Come to Zamora and live your own legend.

SAN ATILANO, THE RING AND THE FISH.

THE LAKE FROM SANABRIA