Plaza Mayor

Today: Plaza Mayor de Valladolid, Valladolid

Place: Valladolid
Kind: Square
Built: 1562
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The square Francisco de Salamanca designed after the fire of September 1561, which destroyed at least 440 houses, and which opened in 1562. It is rectangular, 400 by 266 feet and arcaded all round, and is counted the first regular plaza mayor in Spain. Today it is the city's main meeting place; the brick façades were covered in cement in the 19th century and the present town hall dates from 1908.

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