Salamanca Tourist Brochure

S A L A M A N C A

The City of Thought

n PLATERESQUE E XPLOSION The outside is full of decoration on all the surface, with Hispano- Flemish motifs, which were very commonly used in the times of the Reyes Católicos: shields, vegetal motifs and relief that represents Christ s life, among others. The Plateresque decora- tion deals about topics of daily life with irony and humour.

PL AZA DE A NAYA

C APILLA DE LA S OLEDAD

C APILLA DEL C RISTO DE LAS BATALLAS

C APILLA M AYOR

P ATIO C HICO

A LTAR M AYOR Y R ETABLO P UERTA DE A CRE

S ACRISTÍAS

Cathedrals,: façade of the Patio Chico

A STONE A STRONAUT The decoration made on the lower part of the Ramos Door when it was rebuilt in 1992, is very popular among citizens and visitors. The stonemason and the restorers chose to keep the same original decorative Plateresque line, but they introduced con- temporaneous elements, such as the famous astronaut, the mon- key that is eating an ice-cream or the stork.

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C APILLA DEL D OCTOR T ALAVERA

C APILLA DE S ANTA B ÁRBARA

C ATEDRAL V IEJA

C LAUSTRO DE LA C ATEDRAL V IEJA

C ATEDRAL N UEVA

Nave and of dome of the New Cathedral

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