Santillana del Mar

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Santillana del Mar
Municipality
Church of the Colegiata in Santillana
Postal code		39330
Official language(s)	Spanish
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Historic ensemble
Designated	27 July 1943
Reference no.	RI-53-0000008

Santillana del Mar (Spanish pronunciation: [santiˈʎana ðel maɾ]) is a historic town situated in Cantabria, Spain. Its many historic buildings attract thousands of holidaymakers every year.

There is an old saying that Santillana del Mar is The Town of Three Lies, since it is neither a Saint (Santo), nor flat (llana), nor is it by the sea (Mar) as implied by its name. However, the name actually derives from Santa Juliana (or Santa Illana) whose remains are kept in the Colegiata, a Romanesque church and former Benedictine monastery. The UNESCO World Heritage Site Cave of Altamira is nearby.^[2]

Localities

The 3,983 inhabitants (

, 2006) are distributed as follows:

• Arroyo, 43 pop.
• Camplengo, 201 pop.
• Herrán, 204 pop.
• Mijares, 124 pop.
• Queveda, 586 pop.
• Santillana del Mar (capital), 1.108 pop.
• Ubiarco, 246 pop.
• Vispieres, 337 hab.
• Viveda, 1.069 pop.
• Yuso, 65 pop.

Utilities

Wi-Fi hotspot

The municipality of Santillana del Mar has launched the creation of free internet access in the village for both residents and tourists, and has promised broadband connection for the entire municipality. ^[3]

Notable people

Santillana (born 1952), footballer

Gallery

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  View of the typical architecture of this town.
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  Colegiata de Santillana del Mar.
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  One of the streets in Santillana del Mar.

In literature

The protagonist of the novel Gil Blas was born in Santillana.

In his philosophical novel La Nausée, Jean-Paul Sartre described Santillana as the prettiest village in Spain ("le plus joli village d'Espagne").

References

External links

• Santillana del Mar travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Santillana travel guide at HitchHikers Handbook