Plasencia
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Plasencia is a walled market city in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Western Spain. As of 2013, it has a population of 41,047.
Top: Plasencia New Cathedral, Second left: Casa Consistorial (Consistorial House), Second right: Palacio de los Monroy (Monroy Palace), Third left: Murallas de Plasencia (Plasencia Defensive Wall), Third right: Jerte River, Bottom: Acueducto de San Antón (Aqueduct of San Anton)
Facsimile of the 1186 city charter
The bull of Plasencia in the Cantigas de Santa Maria.
Plasencia in the 16th century.
Province of Cáceres
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The province of Cáceres is a province of western Spain, and makes up the northern half of the autonomous community of Extremadura. Its capital is the city of Cáceres. Other cities in the province include Plasencia, Coria, Navalmoral de la Mata, and Trujillo, the birthplace of Francisco Pizarro González. As of 2014, the province had 408,703 inhabitants, of whom a quarter lived in the capital. The Tagus river runs through the province.
Part of the Roman bridge at Alconétar, Cáceres province