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• Dolmens in Valencia de Alcántara. Valencia de Alcántara.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 10500. Valencia de Alcántara. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://www.valenciadealcantara.net/. The 48 dolmens listed in the municipal district of Valencia de Alcántara comprise one of the most important collections of megalithic dolmens in Spain and Europe. Divided into three sectors or groups, they date…

• Compañía de Jesús Cathedral. Cáceres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de San Jorge, 8. 10003. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://turismo.ayto-caceres.es/. The convent was built in the 18th century in a Baroque style with clear Churrigueresque influences. The main front has a series of columns with compounded capitals and finished off with a segmented pediment under a…

• San Juan Church. Cáceres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de San Juan s/n. 10003. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://turismo.ayto-caceres.es/. The construction of this Gothic church began in the 13th century and ended in the 18th century. Remarkable features of the exterior include the two portals and the apse, decorated with brackets. The temple presents…

• Mayoralgo Palace. Cáceres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de Santa María s/n. 10003. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://turismo.ayto-caceres.es/. It has a façade with both Gothic and Renaissance elements from 1537. There is a magnificent Mudejar courtyard with pointed arches that rest on square and bevelled columns from the 14th century.…

• Palace of Los Golfines de Abajo. Cáceres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de los Golfines s/n. 10003. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://turismo.ayto-caceres.es/. Palace in the monumental city of Cáceres. This lovely palace is located in Cáceres, and was used as the residence of the Catholic Monarchs on their visits to this historic city. Also known by the name of the Ca…

• Palace of Los Golfines de Arriba. Cáceres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Condes. 10003. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://turismo.ayto-caceres.es/. Also known by the name of Casa de los Golfines de Arriba house, its construction dates from the 15th century. The palace is square and has towers on the corners, of which three still survive. The keep dates from the 16th ce…

• Casa del Sol House. Cáceres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Callejón de la Monja. 10003. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://turismo.ayto-caceres.es/. Stately home that looks like a fortress. Stately home of the 15th century. With a beautiful Renaissance courtyard. Casa del Sol, or Casa de los Solís, is a sturdy palace from the Gothic and Renaissance period. Its p…

• Casa del Águila House. Cáceres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Callejón de la Monja. 10003. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://turismo.ayto-caceres.es/. Recently restored, it has beautiful Gothic windows, one on the left with Gothic-style decoration, and another to the right with a round arch decorated with graffito, and a large coat of arms with the spread eagle of…

• Santa María la Mayor Church. Trujillo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de Santa María s/n. 10200. Trujillo. Cáceres. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 927320008 | E-mail: turismo@trujillo.es. http://www.trujillo.es. Possibly built on one of the Arab mosques that existed in Trujillo. It was built in the 13th century after the conquest of the city. The church preserves Roman…

• Yuste Monastery. Cuacos de Yuste.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Zona Monasterio de Yuste. 10430. Cuacos de Yuste. Cáceres. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 927172347 | E-mail: info@fundacionyuste.org. www.patrimonionacional.es. Monastery of the Order of Los Jerónimos. It was founded in the 15th century. The emperor Charles V spent his final years there. It has two cloist…

• La Asunción de Nuestra Señora Cathedral. Coria.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Catedral s/n. 10800. Coria. Cáceres. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 927508001 | E-mail: oficinaturismo@coria.infomail.es . www.coria.org. The building stands over an old Visigothic cathedral. The cloister dates from the 14th century. Nonetheless, the work that has come down to us today dates fr…

• Arco y ruinas romanas de Cáparra en Oliva de Plasencia. Oliva de Plasencia.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … N-630, a Cáparra desvío a Guijo de Granadilla. (Cruce con Villar de Plasencia). 10667. Oliva de Plasencia. Cáceres. (Extremadura) E-mail: guijodegranadilla@guijodegranadilla.com. http://www.guijodegranadilla.com/caparra. It is near Oliva de Plasencia, on the Silver Route or Vía de la Plata. The rema…

• Las Cigüeñas Palace. Cáceres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de San Mateo. 10003. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://turismo.ayto-caceres.es/. The house with the crenellated tower. This noble home is noteworthy for its slender crenellated tower, built in the 15th century. The palace of Las Cigüeñas is also known as the palace of Capitán Diego de Ovando or La…

• Trujillo Castle. Trujillo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Cerro Cabeza de Zorro. 10200. Trujillo. Cáceres. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 927659140 | E-mail: turismo@trujillo.es. http://www.trujillo.es. The castle is in the highest part of Trujillo. It was built in the 13th century on the site of an old Arab fortress from the 9th or 10th century. The square tower…

• Carvajal Palace. Cáceres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Amargura 1. 10003. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://turismo.ayto-caceres.es/. This building is also known as the Casa de Carvajal, and has both Gothic and Renaissance features. It currently houses the Cáceres Board of Tourism, Crafts and Traditional Culture.…

• Las Veletas Palace. Cáceres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de las Veletas s/n. 10003. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://turismo.ayto-caceres.es/. Built in the 16th century in the Renaissance style. Renaissance palace with a porticoed interior courtyard. Also known as the Casa de las Veletas house, this palace was built in the 16th century on an earlier co…

• Alcántara Bridge. Alcántara.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Sobre el río Tajo. 10980. Alcántara. Cáceres. (Extremadura) E-mail: contactar@alcantaraenred.es. http://www.puentealcantara.es/. Over the River Tajo, the Roman Tagus Aurifer, It linked Roman Caceres with the lands of the Beira Alta region in Portugal. It dates from the 2nd century AD. It measures so…

• Bujaco Tower. Cáceres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Mayor. 10003. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://turismo.ayto-caceres.es/. Relatively square Moorish tower. After the reconquest of Cáceres in 1170 by Ferdinand II of León, a relation of his set up the Cáceres Congregation in the city, which was later to become the Order of the Knights of Santiago.…

• Sande Tower. Cáceres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle de Orellana. 10003. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://turismo.ayto-caceres.es/. Built in the Gothic style, the 14th century tower is attached to the Saavedra House. Its two Gothic windows are worthy of special attention: the first has an ogee arch supported by columns enclosed in a rectangular fra…

• Cáceres Plaza Mayor Square. Cáceres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 10003. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://turismo.ayto-caceres.es/. This square emerged in the 12th century because of the annual fair which brought together a great multitude of people. During the 15th century it was surrounded by arcades with semicircular arches supported on stone pillars . This is one…

• Defensive walls and Cristo Arch. Cáceres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Mayor. 10003. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://turismo.ayto-caceres.es/recursos-culturales/muralla. The Roman doorway is the only one that still remains intact. It was built in the first century with large ashlar stones that were set in place with ropes and logs. The barrel vault lies between two…

• Cáceres Episcopal Palace. Cáceres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de Santa María s/n. 10003. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://turismo.ayto-caceres.es/. Its oldest part comes down to us from the 13th century, while the most modern part dates from the 17th century. The main façade is Renaissance in style and contains a round-arched door. There are medallions with…

• Basilica of Santa Lucía del Trampal. Alcuéscar.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera EX-382, a 3 km en dirección a Montánchez. 10160. Alcuéscar. Cáceres. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 927384691 | E-mail: aedlalcuescar@empleaextremadura.com. http://www.alcuescar.com. This monastic church, one of the few Visigothic buildings that have survived, was designed to cater for the specif…

• Ovando Palace. Cáceres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de Santa María. 10003. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://turismo.ayto-caceres.es/recursos-culturales/palacio-de-hernando-de-ovando. Renaissance palace reformed in the 18th century. Renaissance palace reformed in the 18th century. The entrance is a half moon arch. House or Palace of the Ovando buil…

• San Mateo Church. Cáceres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de San Mateo. 10003. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://turismo.ayto-caceres.es/. It was built on the top of the ruins of an ancient Arab mosque, which is cited in a document dating back to 1345. It was rebuilt and completed in the 16th, 18th and 20th centuries.…