# Border Fortifications Centre and Chamber Pot Museum What to do en Ciudad Rodrigo · Ciudad Rodrigo Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/ciudad-rodrigo/things-to-do/fortifications-and-chamber-pot-museum · Revisado: 2026-11-12 - Duración: 1 h 30 - Temporada: All year - Para quién: Families The history of the frontier fortress town, at the Puerta del Conde, and the San Cayetano chamber pot museum, on a single ticket · 1 h 30 · €5 A €5 ticket opens three sites run by the town council: the Border Fortifications Interpretation Centre, the San Cayetano exhibition centre, with the Chamber Pot Museum (Museo del Orinal), and the remains of the convent of San Francisco. Together they explain, on the one hand, why Ciudad Rodrigo was a fortress town facing Portugal and, on the other, a collection which the museum itself presents as among the most curious in the world. Allow an hour and a half for the first two. The border fortifications The centre occupies the old guardhouses of the Puerta del Conde and the Puerta de San Pelayo, in the wall itself. With panels, models, plans and weapons it tells the history of the castles and walls of the border between Salamanca and Portugal, from the hill fort of Yecla de Yeltes to the castle of San Felices de los Gallegos, and dwells above all on the Ciudad Rodrigo enclosure. The medieval wall, from the second half of the 12th century, was ordered by Ferdinand II of León. After the war with Portugal of 1641 an outer wall was added, and at the start of the 18th century, after the War of the Spanish Succession, the medieval one was lowered and reinforced with moats, bastions, ravelins and sentry boxes, giving the city its star-shaped plan in the manner of Vauban. The tour ends in the San Pelayo guardhouse with an audiovisual on how border fortifications evolved. There are guided visits at 11:00, 13:00, 16:30 and 18:00, with booking on 664 346 580 or 923 498 400. The Chamber Pot Museum On the Plaza de Herrasti, the San Cayetano exhibition centre holds more than 1,350 chamber pots from 29 nationalities collected by José María del Arco, "Pesetos", a native of Ciudad Rodrigo who sought them in antique shops, hospitals and flea markets around half the world. The oldest is Roman, from the 2nd century. There are ones of ceramic, brass, clay, wood, porcelain, aluminium, glass and iron, some with gold or silver inlay, and also "dompedros", pieces of fine-wood furniture, such as cupboards or chairs, that hid the chamber pot inside. The collection was exhibited in Spain and Portugal in 1991 and opened as a museum in 2006, with Las Edades del Hombre in Ciudad Rodrigo. In the same building are the Museo del Tamborilero (Drummer Museum), the exhibition "Tamboril y gaita" (tabor and pipe) and the old science laboratory. Opening hours and prices The fortifications and San Cayetano are open every day from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 19:30, with last entry a quarter of an hour earlier. The remains of the convent of San Francisco, in the suburb of the same name, are open from 10:00 to 11:30 and from 16:00 to 17:30; in November they close on the 4th, 6th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th and 26th, and on Monday afternoons they are free. The joint ticket costs €5; reduced, for pensioners, students and groups of 20, €2.50; under-10s do not pay. Hours change with the season, so confirm at the tourist office or at ofiturismo@aytociudadrodrigo.es. With children, the Chamber Pot Museum usually raises a smile, and the models of the fortifications help to understand what you later walk on along the wall walk. The Moctezuma palace, with the exhibition on the sieges of 1810 and 1812, completes the military history. ## Cómo llegar y contacto - Coordenadas: 40.5981, -6.5378 ## Cerca de aquí - [The Wall Walk of Ciudad Rodrigo](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/ciudad-rodrigo/things-to-do/ciudad-rodrigo-walls), a 81 m - [Keep of the Castle of Enrique II](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/ciudad-rodrigo/things-to-do/castle-of-enrique-ii-keep), a 115 m - [Parador de Ciudad Rodrigo](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/ciudad-rodrigo/where-to-stay/parador-de-ciudad-rodrigo), a 115 m - [Parador de Ciudad Rodrigo Restaurant](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/ciudad-rodrigo/where-to-eat/ciudad-rodrigo-parador-dining), a 115 m - [Moctezuma Palace: Wellington against Napoleon](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/ciudad-rodrigo/things-to-do/moctezuma-palace), a 136 m - [Cathedral of Santa María, Museum and Bell Tower](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/ciudad-rodrigo/things-to-do/ciudad-rodrigo-cathedral), a 249 m - [Bar Castilla Restaurant](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/ciudad-rodrigo/where-to-eat/bar-castilla-restaurant), a 317 m - [Plaza Mayor, Casa Consistorial and the Old Town Palaces](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/ciudad-rodrigo/things-to-do/ciudad-rodrigo-old-town), a 317 m ## Preguntas frecuentes ### Can you see only the Chamber Pot Museum? The rate published by the Junta and the town council is the joint one for the three sites, at €5. ### Do children pay? No, up to age 10. Destino: [Ciudad Rodrigo](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/ciudad-rodrigo.md)