Ponferrada
Ponferrada, a city of nearly 70 thousand,1 is located on the right (north) bank of the Sil River, a tributary of the Miño (Minho), in León Province, in Castile and León Autonomous Community, España (Spain). It is along one of the pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostella; the routes in Spain constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The tallest modern building--the tallest in the autonomous community--is the Torre (tower) de la Rosaleda (328 feet, 2008).2
External references
Templar Castle, Ponferrada, León Province, Castile and León autonomous Community, España (Spain)
Footnotes
1. 2008 figure from the side bar of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponferrada, accessed December 28-30, 2015.
2. Emporis.com, accessed April 20, 2016.
