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==Main sights== {{main|Old Town of Cáceres}} ===Cathedrals, churches, convents and monasteries=== * Convento de San Pablo (15th century) * Convento de Santa Clara * Convento Jerónimas * Convent de la Compañía de Jesus, in Baroque style, today used for art exhibitions * Iglesia de Santa María, cathedral built in the 13th century, in [[Gothic architecture|Gothic style]] * Iglesia de San Mateo, a 15th-century church built on the site of a former mosque * Iglesia de San Francisco Javier (18th century), in [[Baroque architecture|Baroque style]] * Iglesia de San Juan, large majestic church built between the 13th and 15th century * Iglesia de Santo Domingo * Monasterio de Santa María de Jesús * Parroquia de San Blas * Parroquia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Fátima * Parroquia Sagrada Familia * Parroquia de San José (Cáceres) * Parroquia San Juan Macías * Ermita (Hermitage) de las Candelas * Ermita (Hermitage) del Calvario * Ermita (Hermitage) de la Paz * Ermita de San Antonio * Ermita del Vaquero * Ermita del Cristo del Amparo * Ermita de San Marcos el Nuevo (San Marquino) * Ermita de San Ildefonso * Santuario de Nuestra Señora la Virgen de la Montaña [[File:Caceres palacio de los Golfines de Abajo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Fernando I soujourned in the Lower Golfines Palace.]] [[File:Cáceres-Iglesia San Mateo-(DavidDaguerro).jpg|thumb|San Mateo Church]] [[File:Palacio de Moctezuma.jpg|thumb|Toledo-Moctezuma Palace]] [[File:Cáceres - Palacio de las Veletas (Museo de Cáceres) 1.jpg|thumb|The Veletas Palace]] [[File:Caceres-Aljibe-DavidDaguerro.jpg|thumb|Aljibe, a cistern, built by the Arabs, to store potable water in the Veletas Palace.]] ===Palaces and Stately Houses=== The following palaces and noble houses are located in the historic center:<ref>{{cite web |title=Hoteles Caceres |url=http://www.hotelescaceres.org.es/Conjunto-Monumental-caceres.php |website=HotelesCaceres.org |publisher=Conjunto monumental de Cáceres Archivado |access-date=6 August 2013}}</ref> * Palacio Episcopal Palace (Palacio Episcopal) * Lower Golfines Palace (Palacio de los Golfines de Abajo) - Queen [[Isabella I of Castile]] and King [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Fernando I]] soujourned here. * Carvajal Palace (Palacio Carvajal) (15th century) - Now seat of the Patronage Office for Tourism and Handicraft of the province. * Palace of the Storks (Palacio de las Ciguenas) * Veletas Palace (Palacio de las Veletas) is part of the Cáceres Museum complex. * House of the Sun (Casa del Sol) * Upper Golfines Palace (Placio de los Golfines de Arriba) * [[:es:Palacio de Toledo-Moctezuma|Toledo-Moctezuma Palace]] (Palacio de Toledo-Moctezuma) - The palace dates to the 15th century with changes in the 16th Century, after the marriage of Mariana de Carvajal y Toledo with Juan de Toledo Moctezuma, who was a descendant of Juan Cano de Saavedra and Isabel de Moctezuma, daughter of the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II Xocoyotzin. * Palace of the Commander of Alcuéscar (Palacio del Comendador de Alcuéscar) * Isla Palace (Palacio de la Isla) * Francisco de Godoy Palace(Palacio de Francisco de Godoy) * Generala Palace (Palacio de la Generala) * House of Ovando (Casa de los Ovando) * House of Becerra (Casa de los Becerra) * House of Cáceres Ovando (Casa de los Cáceres Ovando) * House of Sánchez Paredes (Casa de los Sánchez Paredes) * House of Paredes Saavedra(Casa de los Paredes Saavedra) * House of Lorenzo de Ulloa (Casa de Lorenzo de Ulloa) * House of Saavedra (Casa de los Saavedra) * House of Aldana (Casa de Aldana) * House of Ovando Perero (Casa de los Ovando Perero) * House of the Monkey(Casa del Mono) * House of Moragas (Casa de Moragas) * House of Ribera (Casa de los Ribera) * House of Caballos (Casa de los Caballos) * House of Pereros (Casa de los Pereros) * Palace-Fortress of Torreorgaz (Palacio-Fortaleza de los Torreorgaz) - today a Parador hotel. ===Wall=== [[File:Caceres torre de Bujaco ermita de la Paz.jpg|thumb|Torre de Bujaco with the La Paz Hermitage.]] [[File:Cáceres, Cáceres, Spain - panoramio (3).jpg|thumb|The Arco de Estrella (Star Arch) is the main entrance gate, dating to the 15th Century, to the walled medieval city of Cáceres.]] * Torre de Bujaco (12th century) * Arco de la Estrella (18th century) * Torre de Sande (14th-15th centuries) ===Museums=== * Cáceres Museum - ALJIBE - housed in La Casa de las Veletas y la Casa de los Caballos in the historical quarter. * La Casa-Museo Árabe, between the Plaza San Jorge and the Arco del Cristo. Arab culture, art and remains. * Museo Concatedral de Cáceres, in the Plaza Santa Maria. Religious art. * Museo Piedrilla - Guayasamín ===Castles=== Several castles are located in the municipality of Cáceres:<ref>[http://www.castillosnet.org/programs/castillosnet.php?tip=lis&dat=caceres/lista&ord=locasc&pro=10 Castles in the province of Cáceres ordered by locality] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828070722/http://www.castillosnet.org/programs/castillosnet.php?tip=lis&dat=caceres%2Flista&ord=locasc&pro=10}} ''castillosnet.org''</ref> [[File:CC-Castillo de las Seguras 01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|Castle palace of las Seguras]] * '''Arguijuelas de Abajo Castle''', located south of the city on N-630, was built in the 15th and 16th Centuries and is privately owned. It is used for hospitality activities;<ref>hoy.es [http://www.hoy.es/20090802/caceres/arguijuelas-abajo-acoge-todo-20090802.html Arguijuelas de Abajo hosts all types of social events] consulted on 22 March 2010</ref> * '''Arguijuelas de Arriba Castle''', located next to Arguijuelas de Abajo on the same road, s from the 15th century and is also privately owned; * '''Salor Castle''', on N-630 next to Valdesalor; * '''Fortress of Santiago de Bencáliz or Santiago de Vencáliz''', on N-630 next to the town of [[Casas de Don Antonio]], dates from the 15th Century and is privately owned. The property on which it is located is used as the headquarters of the Casas de Don Antonio pilgrimage;<ref name="casasantonioromeria">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120625173128/http://www.casasdedonantonio.es/index.php/mod.pags/mem.detalle/idpag.14/idmenu.122/chk.2f954a9b61afa38e00d9de531055a040.html Holiday Calendar] ''Town Hall of Casas de Don Antonio''</ref> * '''Carretona Fortress''', on the Carretona estate in EX-100, was built in 1469 and is currently used as a farm. * '''Las Seguras Castle Palace,''' in EX-100 near the Salor River, is a privately owned 14th Century palace. * '''Mogollones Castle''', in front of the Las Seguras castle, was built in the 14th Century and was destroyed in the 17th Century. It is currently a ruin. * '''Mayoralguillo Tower''', next to the Las Seguras castle, was built in the 13th Century. * '''Castillo de Castellanos''', near the provincial border with [[Cordobilla de Lácara]], was built around 1477 as part of the manor of Fernán Gutiérrez de Valverde,<ref>Navareño Mateos, Antonio; in ''"Residential architecture in the pastures of the land of Cáceres. Castles, palaces and country houses"'' (p. 89, Ed. Cultural Institution ''El Brocense'', 1999).</ref> and is currently in a state of progressive ruin. Although it is private property, it is not used in any way and access is free.
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