Salamanca entdecken

The Plaza Mayor is Salamanca's main square, built between 1729 and 1755 in Baroque style to designs by the Churriguera family and used for bullfights until the mid-19th century. Arcades run round all four sides of the sandstone square, with the Town Hall on the north side, and the streets of the old town lead off from its corners.

The Casa de las Conchas is a late Gothic town palace in Salamanca, built between 1493 and 1517 for Rodrigo Arias Maldonado, a knight of the Order of Santiago. Its façade is set with more than 300 carved scallop shells, the emblem of the order. The building houses the city's public library, and visitors can enter its arcaded courtyard.

The Roman Bridge crosses the Tormes on the south side of Salamanca and carried the Vía de la Plata, the Roman road between Mérida and Astorga. Built in the 1st century, it was rebuilt several times; the arches nearest the city keep most of the Roman masonry. It has been closed to traffic since the 1970s and is now a footbridge.