Isla Park

This is one of the main green lungs of the city. Although it is used all year round, it is especially popular with the locals in summer. This park covers an area of 10 hectares and offers everything from sport, leisure, relaxation, relaxation and, above all, coolness and history. This is the first public park in Spain, declared as such by King Philip V of Anjou as a green space because it was his favourite hunting spot in the city.

Its natural pool of almost 4 kilometres in length between the new bridge and the bridge to the island stands out. The whole of the “Rio Chico” is cemented and has ramps for bathing access. The water is from the river Jerte, which comes from the Sierra de Gredos mountain range through the Jerte valley.

It also has two catering establishments, an area for dogs to be free (at the end of the small river at the fountain of the arches), as well as fishing areas, an area for canoeing, calisthenics, gymnastics for the elderly and also a field for playing beach football, among other sports. But above all, the Isla de Plasencia park is a place where the elderly stroll, people play sports, chat, talk and enjoy the fresh air on the banks of the Jerte. The park has continuity to the south with the park of Los Cachones and to the north with the Paseo de Río Jerte which reaches the dam about 5 kilometres from the end of the island.

Coronación Park

The Coronacion Park is so named because it was on this esplanade that the canonical coronation of the Virgen del Puerto took place. It used to be a field where the soldiers trained in front of the La Constancia Barracks (today the Educational Complex and University).

It is a very urban park that closes the belt of parks in the north of the city and inside it has different terraces, several sports courts, children’s playgrounds and a metal replica of the patron saint of the city, the Virgen del Puerto.

The park has been remodelled on several occasions, the last one being the most popular with the locals, which has included some artificial grass football pitches where many amateur league matches are played at weekends.

It has several rooms dedicated to the manufacture of linen and wool and has a large display of typical costumes from Cáceres, as well as home furnishings, ceramic pieces, agricultural and livestock objects, linen works and other more luxurious textile pieces such as court costumes and liturgical ornaments.

Santa Maria Cultural Complex

Located in the former Hospital de Santa María, founded by the Monroy family in the 14th century. The main façade is Renaissance and on it we can see an image of the Virgin, a fleuroned cross of the Order of Santiago with four shells and coats of arms of the Monroy lineages.

Dean’s House and Dr. Trujillo

The Dean’s House and Doctor Trujillo’s House look like the same building but they are two different ones, although they were joined at the beginning of the 20th century to become the seat of the Palace of Justice. Both are contemporary.

The house of the Dean, built in the 17th century in neoclassical style, has the most emblematic corner coat of arms of the city and belongs to the Paniagua and Loaisa family, with five roses which gives rise to the surname Loaisa, and the sow under the holm oak and the Fleur de Lis of the Paniagua surname.

The house of Doctor Trujillo, a mixture of two architectural styles, Plateresque and Gothic, was built between the 14th and 16th centuries. In the upper part there is a gallery with six arches, and on the ground floor it preserves the beautiful ironwork of the period. Its name comes from the Archdeacon of Trujillo, Alfonso Fernández de Medina, who lived here in the 15th century.

House of the Argollas

Dating back to the 13th century, it was a crucial stage in the history of Plasencia and the whole of Spain. In 1475, the wedding procession of Juana la Beltraneja left from here to marry King Alfonso V of Portugal, a ceremony that took place in the Plaza Mayor. The rings on its façade indicate the benefits of this house on the right of asylum, a privilege by which any person who had committed a crime could take refuge in it.