The European Schools Newspaper April issue | Page 9

THE EUROPEAN SCHOOLS NEWSPAPER CATHEDRALS In Salamanca there are two cathedrals: the Old Cathedral (on the left images) and the New one (on the right images) The new cathedral was constructed keeping the old one – a wall of the new cathedral leans on the North wall of the old one. Among the ornate carvings on the façade is an astronaut floating in space and a faun having an icecream, contemporary symbols of the 20th century. THE GARDEN OF CALIXTO AND MELIBEA The story of this garden is related to a book called ‘La Celestina’ by Fernando de Rojas, who wrote it while living in Salamanca. Calixto, a young nobleman, falls in love with Melibea but she rejects him. Calixto asks the evil Celestine for help. Celestine called the devil to bewitch Melibea and makes her fall in love with Calixto. How the story ends I’m not going to tell you but it is thought the story developed in this garden. THE ROMAN BRIDGE The Roman bridge has 26 arches through which the River Tormes runs. On one side of the bridge there is a male pig without head and the statue of Lázaro de Tormes and the blind man. Until the 20th century it was the only bridge over the River Tormes. ISSUE N. 3