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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 783 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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. Pop. (1900), 8208. 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. 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. The Hieronymite See also:convent of Yuste, the See also:scene of the last years of the See also:emperor See also:Charles V. (1500-1558), is 24 M. See also:east.

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