Presentación en inglés realizada por alumnos de 4º de ESO del IES Albarregas de Mérida en el marco del Programa ARCE del Ministerio de Educación. Se trabaja la localidad de Plasencia.
4. F L A G, E M B L E M
AND
P OP U L A T I ON
In 2011 , it
had a
population
of 41.392.
5. CLIM TE
A
PLASENCIA HAS A
CONTINENTAL
CLIMATE WITH
WARM SUMMERS
AND MILD
WINTERS.
6. ECONOMY
Services are the
main productive
activity of the city
representing 63%
of the economy
placentina.
7. FEAST
June fair, at the
beginning of the
month .
Martes Mayor, the first
Tuesday of August .
Procession and
Festivities of la Virgen
del Puerto Plasencia,
first Sunday after Easter
Sunday.
8. CELEBRITIES
WRITERS:
LUIS DE AVILA Y ZUÑIGA
JOSÉ ANTONIO GABRIEL Y GALÁN
ATHLETES:
FRANCISCO DELGADO MELO
IVÁN CORRALES
ARCHITECTS:
JOAQUIN BENITO CHURRIGUERA
BULLFIGHTER:
JUAN MORA
9. GASTRONOMY
Salad of
Zorongollo,migas
, lamb stew and
fresh cheese
covered with
honey.
11. C A T HE DR A L
The old cathedral of Plasencia had already
started in the late twelfth or early thirteenth
centuries and was completed a century later, in
the XIV. It was the work of teacher John French,
John Doe and Diego Diaz.
12. MONROY'S PALACE
It is the oldest mansion
in the city of
Plasencia. It was built
by the Abbot of
Santander, Perez de
Monroy, early XIV
century.
13. CHURCHES
CHURCH OF SAN NICOLAS
CHURCH OF SAN ESTEBAN
CHURCH OF SAN PEDRO
CHURCH OF SAN JOSÉ
14. GRANDFATHER MAYORGA
Mayorga is an
automaton
grandfather built in
the thirteenth century,
during the French
invasion of the
automaton was
completely destroyed
and had to make a
faithful reconstruction
thereto, replica