Rollo de Trujillo - Cáceres, Extremadura, España - Gothic Architecture on Waymarking.com

"El Rollo de Trujillo es un rollo o picota localizado en la plaza del Campillo de la ciudad de Trujillo, en la provincia de Cáceres, España.

Este rollo de estilo tardogótico tiene el escudo de los Reyes Católicos y se encuentra rematado por un pináculo con una cruz en forma de flor de lis. Desde su construcción, en 1497, ha estado sujeto a numerosos cambios de ubicación dentro de la ciudad de Trujillo.
Inicialmente estuvo situado en el centro de lo que hoy es la Plaza Mayor y entonces era la plaza del arrabal de San Martín, situada extramuros de la ciudadela.

Existe una réplica en Sacedón (Guadalajara). Se construyó en los años 50 del siglo XX con motivo de la inauguración de los pantanos de Buendía y Entrepeñas.

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The Rollo de Trujillo is a pillory located in the Plaza del Campillo in the city of Trujillo, in the province of Cáceres, Spain.

This late Gothic-style pillory bears the coat of arms of the Catholic Monarchs and is topped by a pinnacle with a fleur-de-lis cross. Since its construction in 1497, it has been subject to numerous changes of location within the city of Trujillo.
Initially, it was located in the center of what is now the Plaza Mayor and then the square of the San Martín suburb, located outside the citadel walls.

A replica exists in Sacedón (Guadalajara). It was built in the 1950s to commemorate the inauguration of the Buendía and Entrepeñas reservoirs.

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Date Built: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollo_de_Trujillo

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This category is focused only to original Gothic architecture, not to pseudo-Gothic, neo-Gothic or Gothic Revival. You can not find this kind of architecture outside of "Old World", moreover this architecture appeared in ca XIIth century (early Gothic) and the last buildings are from cca XVIth (late Gothic) century...

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