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Valladolid is the capital of a province in the middle of the Central Plateau. The land is flat and the scenery sober, while the basin of the River Duero divides it into two parts as it crosses the province from end to end. Towards the north lies the region known as Tierra de Campos, a huge plain which corn fields paint green in the spring and cover with golden stalks in the summer. Towards the south, the scenery changes as large, though not very dense pine forests appear around Olmedo, wheat fields in the lands of Medina del Campo with the far-away Guadarrama mountains in the background und extensive vineyards around Nava del Rey and Castronuńo, in what is known as Tierra del Vino, the land of wine. The valleys of the Duero, the Eresma and the Pisuerga are like the ribs of the province and along their banks the original inhabitants settled and left traces, as for example, of the neolithic period, but Celtic and Celtic-Iberian tools were found, too. Romans and Visigoths left their mark and even Arab rule is remembered in many place names. But it took the Middle Ages to chisel Castilian features when fortresses and bulwarks were raised to protect every piece of land won in the course of the Christian reconquest. Thus, there are many beautiful castles, lovely churches and large monasteries.