Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Plasencia, Spain

The Church of La Magdalena is a historic building of medieval origin located in the Spanish city of Plasencia, in the province of Cáceres. The building was initially built as a late Romanesque Catholic temple and was one of the parishes of the city until the Peninsular War, when it was left in a ruinous state. Since 2013 it has been used as a cultural centre under the name of Centre for the Promotion of Crafts of Extremadura.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de la Magdalena (Plasencia) (ES)

The Monroy Palace or House of the Two Towers is a fourteenth-century palace located in the Spanish city of Plasencia, in the province of Cáceres. Together with the castle of the town of the same name, it was originally one of the two main seats of the House of Monroy, a powerful noble family from Plasencia that came to accumulate several lordships in various places in the current province.

Wikipedia: Palacio de los Monroy (Plasencia) (ES), Website

The Berrozanas Gate is a monumental gate located on the wall of the Spanish city of Plasencia, in the province of Cáceres. It receives its name because it is located at the exit of the fortification of the road that gives access to the Berrozanas pasture, belonging to the neighboring municipality of Oliva de Plasencia. It is located on the western side of the wall, being connected to the Plaza Mayor by Berrozana and Los Quesos streets. Although it has medieval origins like the rest of the wall, its current Renaissance appearance dates from some renovation works that took place in 1571.

Wikipedia: Puerta de Berrozanas (ES)

The church of San Martín is a Catholic temple located in the Spanish city of Plasencia, in the province of Cáceres.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Martín (Plasencia) (ES)

The convent of San Ildefonso is a historic building from the fifteenth century located in the Spanish city of Plasencia, in the province of Cáceres. It was used as a convent for nuns, originally of the Second Order of St. Francis and in its last century of the Order of the Immaculate Conception, until in 2014 it was decided to exclaustrate it because there were not enough nuns to maintain it. Since then, the diocese of Plasencia has provisionally managed the building to give it to a new congregation that is interested in inhabiting it.

Wikipedia: Convento de San Ildefonso (Plasencia) (ES)

The Casa de las Argollas is a thirteenth-century palace-house located in the Spanish city of Plasencia, in the province of Cáceres.

Wikipedia: Casa de las Argollas (Plasencia) (ES)

The Puerta de Sol or Puerta del Sol is a monumental gate located on the wall of the Spanish city of Plasencia, in the province of Cáceres. It receives its name because it is located on the eastern side of the fortification, being connected to the Plaza Mayor by Calle del Sol. Although it has medieval origins like the rest of the wall, its current Renaissance appearance dates from renovation works that took place in 1573.

Wikipedia: Puerta de Sol (Plasencia) (ES)

The Church of San Esteban is a Roman Catholic church in the Spanish city of Plasencia, in the province of Cáceres. It is located very close to the Plaza Mayor and gives its name to the small square in front of its main entrance. It was built in the fifteenth century and has a Gothic apse and a Plateresque-Baroque main altarpiece. José María Gabriel y Galán got married here and there is a commemorative plaque that remembers that fact.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Esteban (Plasencia) (ES)

The cathedral of Plasencia or cathedral of Santa María is the common name given to the episcopal see of the diocese of Plasencia, a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church that extends its jurisdiction over parts of three provinces in western Spain. It is not a cathedral properly speaking in the sense of a single religious temple or large church, but a complex of religious, residential, museum-cultural and administrative buildings with several centuries of history, around which the center of diocesan life develops.

Wikipedia: Catedral de Plasencia (ES), Website

The Parque de la Isla is a municipal public park located in the Spanish city of Plasencia, in the province of Cáceres. It receives its name because it is a fluvial island located in the urban section of the Jerte River.

Wikipedia: Parque de la Isla (Plasencia) (ES)