9 Sights in Cáceres, Spain (with Map and Images)

Emblem of Cáceres and the most striking construction in the Plaza Mayor, the Bujaco tower is located protecting the northwestern flank of the monumental city of Cáceres. The current name of the tower is a modern name, perhaps coming from the caliph Abu Ya'qub, builder of the tower. This is where the name is considered to come from, although other authors consider it more likely to relate it to the word buhaco, straw and rag doll of the area, which was used to refer to the statue of the Androgynous Genius, placed at the top of the tower between 1820 and 1962.

Wikipedia: Torre de Bujaco (ES)

The Cáceres bullring, also known as the Era de los Mártires, is a historic building in the city of Cáceres (Spain), where bullfights and other public spectacles are held. The building was built between 1844 and 1846 by the architect Secundino Pelilla.

Wikipedia: Plaza de toros de Cáceres (ES)

Castra Cecilia was a permanent Roman camp, also called "Cáceres el Viejo", located about 2.5 km northeast of the city of Cáceres, next to the neighborhood of Cáceres el Viejo, on the road to Torrejón el Rubio, belonging to the Republican era; according to its own name it was founded by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius during the wars between Sertorius and Metellus himself.

Wikipedia: Castra Cecilia (ES)

The church of Santiago de los Caballeros is a Catholic parish church of medieval origin located in the Spanish city of Cáceres. It belongs to the Santiago neighbourhood, to which it gives its name, within the Centro-Casco Antiguo district, and is part of the historical heritage of the Extramuros de Cáceres.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de Santiago (Cáceres) (ES)

The Santa Ana Cave is a cave located in the municipality of Cáceres, Spain. It is located within the CEFOT-1 military camp, 12 kilometers from the city, and belongs to the karst system called El Calerizo, like the caves of Maltravieso and El Conejar.

Wikipedia: Cueva de Santa Ana (ES)

The Helga de Alvear Museum of Contemporary Art is a museum located in Cáceres, Spain. It preserves the collection of the gallery owner Helga de Alvear and brings together the most complete private collection of contemporary art in Europe, with more than 3000 works by contemporary artists.

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The Cave of Maltravieso in Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, was discovered in 1951. It shows traces of human occupation from the Middle Paleolithic. It contains cave art, most notably a total of 71 hand stencils, enumerated in the 1990s using ultraviolet photography, but also linear designs and some animal paintings. In a 2018 study based on uranium-thorium dating, a hand stencil from the Cave of Maltravieso was dated to 64,000 years ago. This would make it Middle Paleolithic art, predating the presence of European early modern humans, with important implications for Neanderthal behavior.

Wikipedia: Cave of Maltravieso (EN)

The hermitage of Las Candelas or hermitage of La Consolación is a fifteenth-century hermitage located in the Spanish city of Cáceres. It belongs to the Santa Clara neighbourhood of the Centro-Casco Antiguo district and is part of the historical heritage of the Extramuros de Cáceres.

Wikipedia: Ermita de las Candelas (Cáceres) (ES)

The Sanctuary of the Mountain is a Catholic shrine located in the Spanish municipality of Cáceres. In this place, the Virgin of the Mountain, patron saint of the city of Cáceres, has been venerated since the seventeenth century.

Wikipedia: Santuario de la Montaña (ES)