As causes determining fundamental various phases of the development of the Community, as well as its culture and habits, vital cobra importance its religious thought. What, in the case of Plasencia will assign in a decisive way to its urban configuration. Thus concluded, the construction of Christian temples proliferates, especially in the wall once the Muslim domination in 1196. The great concentration churches and hermitages whose it makes Gallic our city, were especially reinforced while being produced the concession, by the Pope Clement III in 1189, of Episcopal see: Temples which are still preserved, it is advisable to mention the Church of San Nicolas, of a great interest it being a clear exhibitor of the transition from what is Romance with what is Gothic. The two gates (north and south) with archivolts and alfiz announced. In his interior one preserves fall it with the statue orate from the Bishop from Coria, gift Pedro Girón de Carvajal.

The Church de El Salvador, and is with what is preceding the only temples free from other buildings. Although its origins are Romance, the multiple reforms deteriorated to him enough. He one currently carried out very right works.

Parishes older than Plasencia it is necessary to mention the Church of San Martín and the Church of San Pedro. The first of they was raised in century XIII, although it remains little already of it. One of its jewels is the challengeable of San Martín, century XVI, with paintings of Morals Divine. The church of San Pedro is one of the temples that less modification suffered. It preserves the Romance apse and the small reasons mudéjar in a window.

The church and the convent of Sta. Ana were rested by the Bishop gift Gutiérrez Vargas and Carvajal. Its Renaissance frontage is decorated with sculptures in round volume which represents in Sainte Ana, the Virgin and the Child.

A part of this building is used as audience. Some of these buildings, as the convent of the Dominican Fathers (future Parador de Tourism), are restored, in order to reinforce their conservation. However, the centre of devotion of the people placentino is his Virgin owner that "of the Port", which is in the hermitage of the same name, where each year, first Sunday after Passover, takes, places its romería.