Salamanca, Tasmania
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Image:Salamanca Market, Hobart, Tasmania.jpg Salamanca is the name used loosely to describe areas or activities associated with Salamanca Place in Hobart, Tasmania.
Salamanca Place itself consists of rows of sandstone buildings, formerly warehouses for the port of Hobart Town that have since been converted into restaurants, galleries, craft shops and offices. It was named after the victory in 1812 of the Duke of Wellington in the Battle of Salamanca in the Spanish province of Salamanca. It was previously called "The Cottage Green".
Each Saturday, Salamanca Place is the site for Salamanca Market which is popular with tourists and locals.
Salamanca Place is also popular after dark with both locals and visitors enjoying bars and eateries located there and the nearby wharves.
In the mid-1990s, Salamanca Square, a sheltered, pedestrian area was opened, adjacent to the now defunct Antarctic Adventure.