This Romanesque heritage includes, in addition to the cathedral (which features an exterior dome decorated with scales), twenty-four other churches, a castle, walls, a bridge, two palaces, and nine manor houses, which is why Zamora is considered “the city of Romanesque.” It also boasts nineteen modernist buildings.

The city is home to regional and international institutions, such as the Ethnographic Museum of Castile and León, the Consultative Council of Castile and León, and the Spanish-Portuguese cooperation organization Fundación Rei Afonso Henriques (FRAH).

It was the first city in the world with global WiFi coverage, a project called “Zamora Hot City,” which received the “Nobel Prize” of computing, the Computerworld Honors.

The area is piloting important regional initiatives to promote independent living and the ability of the elderly to remain in their environment, as part of the New Care Model promoted by the regional government in collaboration with social and technological entities.