Palencia News & Information

THE CATHEDRAL in Palencia will be 700 years old in 2021 – on June 1, to be precise – and, beautiful though it is, it's often overlooked by the spectacular gothic version in Burgos and the majestic domed-roofed...

A GUARDIA Civil officer described as 'Spain's handsomest policeman' has signed up with a modelling agency in a somewhat unique career combination.

A WOMAN who took her son on holiday to Spain and never returned has been ordered to give him back to his father in the UK.

BRITISH Royal baby Louis Arthur Charles will be looked after by a nanny with Tae Kwondo and high-speed stunt-driving skills, according to Palace sources quoted in Vanity Fair.

THE DUKE and Duchess of Cambridge's daughter Princess Charlotte has acquired a growing vocabulary in Spanish thanks to her nanny from Palencia (Castilla y León), according to the magazine People.

A sausage-making company in Palencia has launched a new product - Morcillas Ecuménicas or Ecumencial Black Sausage - made without blood and aimed at Jehovah's Witnesses who will now be able to enjoy sausages...

The first two baby bear cubs born in the mountains of Palencia this year have been found by regional environmental officers.