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Intro to Plaza Mayor
Serving as a market place since the 15
th
century (although it was at that time outside the modest city walls),
Plaza Mayor
has been the setting for everything from
autos de fé
(humiliating processions of heretics during the Inquisition) and witch-burning to pro-republican rallies.
Today it makes for a pleasant morning stroll or afternoon
café
at one of the many
terraza
bars.
Pay special attention to the two-towered
Casa de la Panadería
(“the House of the Bakery”), which was designed by Juan de Herrera—the foremost architect of the Castilian Baroque style exemplified by slate roofs and pointed turrets—and completed in 1590, making it the plaza’s oldest building.
Since the early 1990s, the building’s façade has been covered in wildly colorful mythological murals.
See also:
La Taberna Encantada
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