Route of the Shields

Description of the route

Outside:

Leaving the Municipal Tourist Office, go down towards the Cathedral and on the right-hand corner you will see the Casa del Deán, and on the corner the magnificent baroque coat of arms of the Paniagua Loaysa family, a large, bevelled coat of arms from the 17th century. We continue along Calle Blanca, towards the crossbeams of the Church of San Nicolás, in front of which we find the Palace of the Marquises of Mirabel, we cross the canyon, turn around and see on a magnificent Renaissance balcony, the great coat of arms of the families, Zúñiga Pimentel, from the 16th century, we go down the Calle Esparrillas, and continue towards La Muralla, we go out for a moment, and turning around, we see the coat of arms of the Catholic Monarchs, over La Puerta de Berrozanas, under the protection of the Archangel San Miguel. We go back inside and go up Calle Berrozanas, we turn right towards Calle Sancho Polo, going up the street to the right we can see a large coat of arms of Bishop Acevedo. Continue towards the Plaza del Salvador, up the street to the Colegio de Jesuitas, in front of which is the coat of arms of King Carlos III. Going down La Calle del Rey, we soon find the large coat of arms of the Almaraz Barrantes family, and continuing along the street we reach La Casa de las Argollas, with large coats of arms with a lion rampant, belonging to the Nieto family. Arriving at the Plaza Mayor, at the entrance to the Town Hall we can see one of the most peculiar coats of arms in the city, that of King Felipe IV, with a flying crown and the Golden Fleece. Arriving at the Plaza Mayor, in a corner of the building at the entrance to the Calle del Sol, we can see the coat of arms of Emperor Charles I.

Interiors:
Building of Las Claras, coats of arms of the Camargo Carvajal families. In the cathedral, several coats of arms of Emperor Charles I, Bishop Gutierre Alvarez de Toledo and Bishop Gutierrez de Carvajal. In the interior of the Church of San Nicolás, some very interesting polychrome coats of arms of the Carvajal Girón, Loaysa and Escobar families. Inside the palace of the Marquises of Mirabel, in its magnificent courtyard, the lineage of the family from the Almaraz in the 14th century is discussed. It should be noted that there are a large number of noble coats of arms in the centre of the city of Plasencia, here are some of them, and we invite you to discover the magnificent coats of arms that our historic city possesses, for tourists and people who wish to do so, by taking a route. Noble families in the city: Almaraz, Carvajal, Nieto, Trejo, Loaysa, Paniagua, …. Imperial coats of arms of Charles I, Catholic Monarchs… Coats of arms of distinguished bishops, religious orders: Dominicans, Franciscans, Jesuits…

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