Editing Province of Salamanca (section)

==History==
The [[Vettones]] occupied the areas of the current Spanish provinces of Salamanca and Ávila, as well as parts of Cáceres, Toledo and Zamora. They were a pre-Roman people of Celtic culture. Their numerous archaeological sites exist throughout the province, and several locality names have Vettone origin, some of which are quite important. This is the case of  Salamanca (''Salmantica''), [[Ledesma, Salamanca|Ledesma]] (''Bletisama'') and [[Ciudad Rodrigo]] (''Augustobriga''). Vettone villages were often established on the banks of rivers or on mountains. Examples include Salamanca and Ledesma, built along the [[Tormes]],<ref name="helmántica1">{{cite web|url=http://www.aytosalamanca.es/es/tuciudad/historia/|title=Historia|author=Ayuntamiento de Salamanca|access-date=13 February 2014|language=es|publisher=Ayunatamiento de Salamanca}}</ref><ref name="helmántica2">{{cite web|url=http://www.diegosalvador.com/Antigua_vacceos.htm|title=El colectivismo vacceo|language=es|first=Diego|last=Salvador|access-date=13 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716053350/http://www.diegosalvador.com/Antigua_vacceos.htm|archive-date=16 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ayuntamientodeledesma.com/|title=Ayuntamiento de la Villa de Ledesma|access-date=13 February 2014|language=es}}</ref> Bermellar, El Castillo (Saldeana) Moncalvo (Hinojosa de Duero), Picon de la Mora (Picones) and [[Castro de Yecla la Vieja]] ([[Yecla de Yeltes]]) next to [[Huebra (river)|Huebra]], Ciudad Rodrigo, Irueña (Fuenteguinaldo) and Lerilla (Zamarra) on the banks of the [[River Águeda|Agueda]] and [[Castro de Las Merchanas]] ([[Lumbrales]]), in a loop of the [[River Camaces|Camaces]]. The area between La Armuña and Salamanca marked the border between Vettones and [[Vaccaei]], the other pre-Roman people of the province. They were situated in the northeast area of the province.