Salamanca Tourist Brochure

S A L A M A N C A

The City of Thought

A ROUND LA C ASA DE LAS C ONCHAS

he Casa de las Conchas is the metaphor of nobility par excellence; the power and the importance of the aristocracy of the city is extended throughout two ways: the nearest one goes down from Compañia street towards La Casa de las Muertes, the Ursulas convent and Fonseca Hall of Residence. We could say that in this axe, the power of the Maldonado family is prolonged to the Agustinas Square, where the urban territory dominated and transformed by the Fonseca family in the XVI century start. The other way starts in San Pablo street , in Colon Square, which used to be an old orchard which belonged to the Trinitarios convent; around this square there is a series of noble houses, built between the XV and XVI cen- turies. We also find there La Salina Palace, the Abrantes Tower, the Orellana Palace and the Clavero Tower. T

1. Torre de Abrantes 2. Palacio de Orellana 3. Palacio de la Salina 4. Torre de Clavero 5. Iglesia de San Pablo

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