Campo Grande Park in Valladolid, Spain

If you visit this small (about 10% of size of Central Park NY), triangular shaped park in the heart of the city of Valladolid the tranquil and nature-rich environment surrounded by major urban thoroughfares belies two important facts. Firstly the park used to be just outside the city, having now been surrounded by the urban sprawl and , secondly , in the 16th century, the park was both the site of the city's gallows and the place where the Spanish Inquisition held a series of Autos de Fe in response to the development of the popularity of Lutheranism in the Valladolid area. It was possibly use

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