Plasencia
Plasencia [ plasenθja ] is a Spanish city in the autonomous region of Extremadura.
- 4.1 Town twinning
Geography
The city with 41 047 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013) is located on an area of approximately 218 km ² in the province of Cáceres on the river Rio Jerte.
History
On the ruins of a Celtic settlement by the Roman emperors erected already a garrison. Exact year figures are not currently available. During the Reconquista from the 10th century, the city was founded in 1186 by Alfonso VIII, after he freed them from the Moors. The tide of war surged back and forth, until the city finally fell into Christian rule on July 16, 1212 at the famous Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.
Already in 1189 the city after one of the many re-conquest by Pope Clement III was. the Episcopal center, followed started directly with the construction of a Romanesque cathedral. The construction lasted until the 18th century, so that the cathedral was also plenty of gothic features.
The coat of arms
The coat of arms shows a castle, flanked by a chestnut and a pine tree. Capped with a ducal coronet and framed by a band bearing the inscription " Ut placeat Deo Et Hominibus " ( God and man for the glory ).
Attractions
Plasencia is a city with a large number of important cultural and historical monuments. This list here would be beyond the scope, please refer to the website of the City and the reference list. Some examples are listed here:
- Church Virgen del Puerto
- Marketplace with magnificent buildings of many centuries
- New cathedral from the 16th century
- Romanesque cathedral from the 13th century
- Roman aqueduct
Demographics
Twinning
Plasencia maintains partnerships with the following cities: