Ancient history

Old Castile | historical region, Spain

Old Castile , Spanish Castilla la Vieja , historical provincial region, North Central Spain , generally including the boundaries reached by the Kingdom of Castile in the 11th century. She touches the Bay of Biscay to the north and is to the south through the ranges of the Sierra de Guadarrama from Castile Neo (Castilla la Nueva) separated . In modern Spanish geographical terminology, Old Castile included the provinces Ávila , Burgos , Logroño , Palencia , Santander , Segovia , Soria and Valladolid . After 1979, about half of the region was in the Comunidad Autónoma (autonomous community) by Castile-Leon included . On the history of the region see Castile .