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PLASENCIA
, a See also:city of See also:Spain and an episcopal see, in the See also:north of the See also:province of See also:Caceres
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(1900), 8208
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Plasencia is situated on the See also:river Jerte, a subtributary of the See also:Tagus, and at the See also:foot of the sierras of Bejar and See also:Vera
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The See also:place has some See also:interest on See also:account of its See also:fine walls, built in 1197 by See also:Alphonso VIII. of See also:Castile, and its See also:cathedral, begun in 1498, a favourable specimen of the ornate See also:Gothic of its See also:period
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The Hieronymite See also:convent of Yuste, the See also:scene of the last years of the See also:emperor See also: |
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