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Walls and gates of Plasencia
🇪🇸 Spain · 12th century
The walls of Plasencia are a medieval military enclosure surrounding the historic centre of the city of Plasencia, in the province of Cáceres, autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain.
They were built at the end of the 12th century for defensive purposes, their chief promoter being Alfonso VIII of Castile, who in 1186 founded the city to defend both his southern frontier with the Andalusi territories and his western frontier with the kingdom of León. Although artistic innovations were carried out on its gateways in the Renaissance and Baroque periods, the rest of the wall is preserved almost intact from its origins, still today enclosing the access to the area within the walls.
Machine-translated from “Muralla de Plasencia” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Walls and gates of Plasencia ranks #6,789 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #397 of the 602 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 1150, it is older than 81% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 564 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Walls and gates of Plasencia?
Walls and gates of Plasencia stands in Spain, at 40.02694°, -6.09306°.
When was Walls and gates of Plasencia built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1150. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Walls and gates of Plasencia?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,789 of 8,134 worldwide, and #397 in Spain. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Walls and gates of Plasencia?
Castle of Montemayor del Río, about 40 km away.
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