Coria, Cáceres

Coria
Coria Cathedral
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Coria Location in Spain
Coordinates: 39°59′N 6°32′W / 39.983°N 6.533°W / 39.983; -6.533
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Extremadura
Province	Cáceres
Comarca	Vegas del Alagón
Government
– Mayor	Juan Valle Barbero
Area
– Total	103 km2 (39.8 sq mi)
Elevation	280 m (919 ft)
Population (2009)
– Total	12,896
– Density	125.2/km2 (324.3/sq mi)
Demonym	Caurienses or Corianos
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	Official website

Coria is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, with some 12,900 inhabitants as of 2009.

History

Coria was taken twice during the Reconquista, firstly after 1085. It was lost to the Almoravids just after 1109 and unsuccessfully besieged in 1138. The second and permanent conquest was after a two-month siege in 1142.

Main sights

• Roman walls (3rd-4th centuries AD)
• Gothic style
• Bishop's palace (1628)
• Castle of Coria (1472-1478)
• Baroque Harmitage of Nuestra Señora de Argeme (17th century)
• Royal Prisons (1686)
• Old Bridge (Puente Viejo), dating to the 15th-16th centuries
• Convent of the Madre de Dios, founded in the 13th century. The current structure dates to the 14th-16th centuries
• Church of Santiago, in Baroque style (16th-18th centuries)
• Palaces of the Dukes of Alba (15th-16th centuries)

See also

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Coria-Cáceres