Palencia: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Palencia is a city in central Spain, the capital of the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. The municipality had a population of 80,801 in 2002.

Palencia contains few sights, but the cathedral and its museum contain a number of important works of art, including a retablo of twelve panels by Juan de Flandes, court painter to Queen Isabella of Castile.

A short distance south of the city, in the village of Baños de Cerrato, is the oldest church on the peninsula, a seventh-century basilica dedicated to Saint John and built by the Ostrogoth King Recesvinto.