Soria - Main Sights

Main Sights

• The Renaissance Ayuntamiento (Town Hall, 16th century), in the Plaza Mayor (main square)
• Palacio de la Audiencia (theatre), from 1739
• Nuestra Señora de la Mayor (16th century), with a Romanesque portal
• Iglesia del Espino (16th century)
• Plateresque Concatedral de San Pedro, erected in the 12th-13th centuries, rebuilt in the 16th century, and its cloister.
• San Juan de Rabanera, Romanesque church from the 12th century
• San Polo, a former monastery of the Knights Templar. The churches of San Nicolás and San Ginés are from the same age.
• the Romanesque convent church of Santo Domingo (12th century)

• San Juan de Duero with its 12th century ruined cloisters located on the other side of the river from the old town.
• sanctuaries of Ermita de San Saturio (18th century) and Ermita de la Soledad (17th century)
• Palacio de los condes de Gomara (Judiciary Palace, 1592)
• remains of the medieval castle, commanding the town from the eponymous hill, and of the walls

A few kilometres north of the town are the ruins of Numantia, a Celtiberian town whose inhabitants destroyed it rather than let it fall to Scipio. In Soria is the Museo Numantino, devoted to the archaeological remains of this site.