Renaissance Atienza · Atienza

After the War of the Infantes of Aragon, in the mid-fifteenth century, Atienza was practically razed to the ground. It was necessary to rebuild it almost completely. Some neighborhoods were abandoned and the original medieval plant was modified. It was then that the current Plaza del Trigo was designed, officially known as "Plaza de don Bruno Pascual Ruilópez", in honor of a senator from Atienza in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The square is structured with buildings of traditional Castilian architecture, with lime plastered facades, exposed wooden beams and pillars, and continuous arcades that evoke the model of a typical main square. Several of these houses with stone pillars were managed by the Cabildo and the Town Hall. Their columns with composite capitals and the eaves decorated with hand-carved pineapples stand out. The church of San Juan Bautista, the corner balcony and the building of the old jail, located behind the gate, next to the church, also stand out in the square.