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Industrial town (food processing, vehicles,
textiles, engineering), and capital of
Valladolid province, Spain; population (1986)
341,000. It was the capital of Castile and
Leon in the 14th-15th centuries, then of
Spain until 1560. The Catholic monarchs
Ferdinand and Isabella were married at
Valladolid 1469. The explorer Columbus died
here, and the home of the writer Cervantes is
preserved. It has a university founded in
1346 and a cathedral 1595.