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By the end of the 15th century Santander had a population of about 4,000 or 5,000 inhabitants. [9] The city owes its existence to the excellent harbour of the Bay of Santander. Santander was an important port for Castile in the later Middle Ages, and also for trade with the New World. It officially became a city in 1755. [10]
Banco Santander S.A. trading as Santander Group ( UK: / ˌsæntənˈdɛər, - tæn -/ SAN-tən-DAIR, -tan-, US: / ˌsɑːntɑːnˈdɛər / SAHN-tahn-DAIR, [ 2][ 3] Spanish: [ˈbaŋko santanˈdeɾ] ), is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Santander in Spain. Additionally, Santander maintains a presence in ...
List of banks in Spain. This is a list of banks in Spain. Spain has 10 banking groups that are directly supervised by the European Central Bank. As of September 2021, the "big four" in Spain are: Banco Santander. BBVA. Caixabank. Banco Sabadell. There were formerly a "big six" (los seis grandes) composed of three banks that are now part of BBVA ...
Cantabria ( / kænˈteɪbriə /, [ 5] also UK: /- ˈtæb -/, [ 6][ 7] Spanish: [kanˈtaβɾja] ⓘ) is an autonomous community and province in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a comunidad histórica, a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. [ 8]
The Port of Santander, Cantabria ( Spain ), is located in the Cantabrian Sea, specifically in the Bay of Santander, in the municipalities of Santander, Camargo and Marina de Cudeyo. It is managed by the Port Authority of Santander, whose current president is Francisco Martín Gallego, under the public entity Ports of the State and in turn ...
Santander Cathedral. Northern façade. / 43.46056°N 3.80750°W / 43.46056; -3.80750. Santander Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Santander, or "Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary of Santander") is located in the Spanish city of Santander. Its structure is mainly Gothic, although it ...
The Bay of Santander is both a comarca of Cantabria and the largest estuary on the North coast of Spain, with an extension of 22.42 km 2 (9 km long and 5 km wide). Due to the influence of Santander and its metropolitan area, [3] nearly half of the population of the autonomous community of Cantabria is gathered around it, [4] which makes the anthropic pressure on this area of water quite notable.
University of Cantabria ( UC) ( Spanish: Universidad de Cantabria ), is a public university located in Santander, Torrelavega and Comillas in Cantabria, Spain. It was founded in 1972 and is organized in 15 schools and colleges. It was selected as Campus of International Excellence by the Government of Spain in 2009. [5]