City Hall and Plaza Mayor · Ciudad Rodrigo (EN)

As in most cities, the Plaza Mayor is the nerve center and everything happens around it. Formerly, it was the place where the market was held, where the scribes met and where the Church of San Juan was located, one of the main churches of the city, in whose cloister the Consistory met before the current building was erected, dating from the sixteenth century. The City Hall building, located at one end of the Plaza Mayor, was restored in 1904 by Joaquín de Vargas, without respecting the original work. The third floor and the baroque belfry were removed and the south wing was added following the model of the main façade. The main Renaissance façade is formed by two galleries of three carpanel arches. Between the arches there are medallions and sculptures representing characters from Antiquity. On the sides there are two towers as buttresses, on the right one is carved the coat of arms of Charles V, the city and the mayor of that time.