Plaza Mayor
Plaza Mayor of Salamanca. Built between 1729 and 1755.
"The Calle de Zamora ends at the large, rectangular Plaza Mayor, the finest square of the kind in Spain. It is surrounded by lofty four-storied buildings, dating from the 18th cent, with colonnades on the ground floor, greatly frequented as promenades, especially in the evening. On the N. side rises the Casa del Ayuntamiento, by Churriguera".--Baedeker 1913.
Old City of Salamanca UNESCO World Heritage site.
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