
Caminhando pela Rua Mayor encontramos a Casa das Conchas, que hoje funciona como biblioteca e posto de turismo.
Construída no séculos XV e XVI, era propriedade de Don Rodrigo Maldonado de Talavera um cavaleiro da Ordem de Santiago cujo escudo continha uma concha. Foi reitor da Universidade de Salamanca e membro do Conselho Real durante o reinado dos Reis Católicos. Segundo o Wikipedia, são 300 as conchas que decoram o edificio, preferimos acreditar neles que contá-las (se bem que não nos pareceram ser tantas).
Walking by Rua Mayor we found the House of Shells (Casa das Conchas), which now serves as a library and tourist office.
Built in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, was owned by Don Rodrigo Maldonado from Talavera a knight of the Order of Santiago whose coat of arms contained a shell. He was dean of the University of Salamanca and a member of the Royal Council during the reign of the Catholic Kings. According to Wikipedia, there are 300 shells that decorate the building, we prefer to believe them than to count them (although it did not seem to be many).
Built in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, was owned by Don Rodrigo Maldonado from Talavera a knight of the Order of Santiago whose coat of arms contained a shell. He was dean of the University of Salamanca and a member of the Royal Council during the reign of the Catholic Kings. According to Wikipedia, there are 300 shells that decorate the building, we prefer to believe them than to count them (although it did not seem to be many).





