Top 15 Castles around Cáceres

The historic center of Cáceres, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the most impressive monumental complexes in Spain. Walking through its cobbled streets is like traveling to the Middle Ages, thanks to its excellent state of preservation and the absence of modern buildings that alter its aesthetics.

Walking anywhere along its narrow cobblestone streets is like traveling back in time. You'll find yourself surrounded by mansions, Renaissance palaces, and churches crowned with stork nests, and you'll understand why Cáceres is a World Heritage City. Get your camera ready to photograph one of Spain's most beautiful historic centers.

Being able to walk anywhere through its narrow cobbled streets is like traveling to another era. You will be surrounded by mansions, Renaissance palaces and churches crowned with stork nests and you will understand why Cáceres is a World Heritage City. Prepare your camera to photograph one of the most beautiful historic centers in Spain.

It was initially built on a Roman-era construction, of which recently, during the restoration, some Roman archaeological remains have been found. Stately mansion of a family that founded an important mayorazgo, the first in the province and one of the oldest in Spain, hence the name of the palace. The building presents various construction phases: the side façade and the patio are Gothic in style; Its main façade dates from the late 15th and early 16th centuries. It features two beautiful mullioned windows with a central marble mullion and the family coat of arms. Under the shield there is an inscription that says: “Be your Lord for us a tower of strength and our youth will be renewed like that of the eagle”, which refers to the coat of arms of this family, half eagle and half tower. The façade is renovated, as it was destroyed by a bomb that fell in the Plaza de Santa María during the Spanish Civil War, in 1937.

It is a construction of Arab origin and built on Roman ashlars. It stands within the defensive fence of the monumental city of Cáceres. It is 25 meters high and has a square floor plan. It appears topped by a ring of battlements, two lateral machicolations and one frontal one, which was added in the 18th century. On the western side, facing the Plaza Mayor, is the small balcony of the Fueros, from the 16th century.

Inside it has a patio flanked by four galleries with columns with lowered arches on the ground floor and geminates with a hanging keystone on the upper part. The Palace is a balanced building, of which its tower stands out, much higher than those of the rest of the palaces of the Monumental City, because when Queen Isabel, the Catholic, ordered the towers of Cáceres to be demolished, she made an exception for this one. which was then being built by order of Captain Diego de Ovando, a vassal and member of his Royal Council, who was allowed to build the palace and tower as he wished. It is built on the ruins of the old Muslim fortress and the completion of the construction dates back to the beginning of the 16th century. On its façade, shields are combined with the weapons of the Ovando and the Mogollón, framed by an alfiz. Recommendations: It belongs to the Ministry of Defense, inside there is a collection of weapons, funds donated by the Army Museum. You can visit the tower upon request. Exhibitions are usually organized with some regularity.

This incredible tower is located right next to the Carvajal Palace, it is from the 12th century. At its base it has some frescoes. There are some who speculate that they could have an Arab origin.

Located on Amargura Street, it was erected between the 15th and 16th centuries. It is a building that has Gothic and Renaissance elements. Its main façade follows the typology of the Cáceres palaces, made of granite ashlar, highlighting the semicircular arch doorway, with large voussoirs that reach to the ground, the large Carvajal shield, framed in an alfiz, and a balcony of pointed arch corner.