Valcorchero

Declared a Protected Landscape because it is a place that deserves special protection due to its aesthetic and cultural values.

Mount Valcorchero is a public mountain with a surface area of 1184 hectares in the municipality of Plasencia and belongs to the Sierra del Gordo.

Puerta del Sol

Refurbished at the end of the 15th century and probably the most popular and best known of all those in the city, with an image of the Virgin of Peace and the coat of arms of the Catholic Monarchs at the top. Its orientation is designed to allow the sun’s rays to penetrate as much as possible into the Calle del Sol.

Trujillo Gate

Also known as Cañón de la Salud because of the 18th century hermitage built over it where the Virgen de la Salud is venerated. The gate dates from the 13th century and the chapel is located between two towers of the wall. On the outside there is a coat of arms of the Catholic Monarchs and the so-called “Lápida de la Libertad”, which commemorates the taking of the city by the Catholic Monarchs in 1498 after the dominion of the Zúñiga family. There is also a funerary monument in honour of Bishop González Laso.

University

University complex, which decided to be built at the end of the 19th century to extend the former San Calixto College located in Calle del Rey. It was a very ambitious work that was never finished, and was acquired by the Ministry of War in 1920, which used it as military barracks, until 1993, when it became the current educational centre.

Jewish Cemetery

One of the main features of the Jewish culture is that Plasencia preserves the location of the medieval Jewish cemetery, in the surroundings of the Berrocal.
The Berrocal is located opposite the Jewish quarter of Plasencia, with direct access through the Berrozana Gate, to avoid crossing areas occupied by Christians.

The Jewish cemetery can be visited, although access is via a road, despite the fact that it is surrounded by the city. There is a project to make this road into another street in the town, connecting the Avenida Sor Valentina Mirón and the Recinto Ferial del Berrocal, but it is awaiting funding.
On a wooded hill surrounded by the town, this medieval cemetery is preserved, with around twenty tombs dug into the rocks with anthropomorphic figures and in compliance with the Jewish laws for burials (it had to be virgin land, which is still the case today, on a slope and facing Jerusalem).

Although the tombstones of the tombs have not been preserved, they were used in construction in the 17th century onwards, the tombs are preserved and have been signposted for your enjoyment, but as it is a rustic, grassy environment, depending on the time of year wild flowers and bushes can cover the tombs. In the same way, the posts and panels have been vandalised, leaving the Jewish cemetery practically unmarked.

Wall

With its double defensive system, it is the great element of the monumental heritage that characterises the city. It was built between the foundation of Alfonso VIII at the end of the 12th century and the beginning of the 13th century, and was completed in 1201. In 1196 an Almohad invasion took power for a year, after which the city passed back into the hands of the Castilian king, who had the walls reinforced for security reasons. With a perimeter of approximately 2.2 kilometres, it had more than 71 cubes, of which we still have 20. It originally had 5 gates and 2 shutters, which we still have today.