News at Eleven (Back Page): [Antonio] Machado was at first disenchanted

with Soria, then a rough-hewn rural town of 7,000. Born in Seville and raised in Madrid, he had by this time already published a book of poetry. But before long, Soria worked its spell on him.

I found my homeland where the Duero flows

from The New York Times: A Poet's Realm of Myth and Reality
also The New York Times: A Poet's Timeless Idyll in Soria

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