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Well integrated into the city, it is located between Hernán Cortés Avenue and Rodríguez de Ledesma Avenue. It is a pleasant space with a large central pond and an Open-Air Sculpture Museum, which we can admire as we stroll through. At the main entrance, there is a botanical garden, and at the end, a fountain known as La Madrila, restored by the Escuela Taller (Workshop School) and once used as a drinking trough and wash house.

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.

This square is legally protected as an Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC) and is within the catalog of protected assets of the Cáceres city council. Its neo-Mudejar architecture and rich history make it an emblematic place for lovers of bullfighting and culture.

This palace combines two styles: Renaissance and Gothic. The name is derived from its owner in the 18th century, Dª Josefa de Ovando, wife of General D. Antonio Vicente de Arce. Like many other strong houses and palaces in Cáceres Monumental, it was built in the 19th century. XIV, being renovated in the 15th and 16th centuries. It has a tower that is topless and on the doorway a semi-cylindrical machicolation accompanied by shields of the Ovando-Mogollón family. It has had many and diverse uses, headquarters of the Extremadura Newspaper, Faculty of Law and currently Central Services of the University of Extremadura.

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.

This palace combines two styles: Renaissance and Gothic. The name is derived from its owner in the 18th century, Dª Josefa de Ovando, wife of General D. Antonio Vicente de Arce. Like many other strong houses and palaces in Cáceres Monumental, it was built in the 19th century. XIV, being renovated in the 15th and 16th centuries. It has a tower that is topless and on the doorway a semi-cylindrical machicolation accompanied by shields of the Ovando-Mogollón family.

Imposing house from the late 15th and early 16th centuries. It concentrates the elements typical of the facades of Cáceres mansions (main door in a semicircular arch made with long voussoirs, alfíz, shield) in very little space, not seeming how wide it really is.

The peculiar structure of this bullring testifies to its historical past, which has earned it being declared a Site of Cultural Interest. The Cáceres Bullring, also known as “Coso de la Era de los Mártires”, is one of the oldest in Spain. Its construction began in 1844 and the works were completed two years later. The first bullfight was held on August 6, 1846, with bulls led by D. Gaspar Muñoz. The square is built with granite and masonry walls, it has a capacity of 8,000 spectators spread over three floors. In addition to bullfighting celebrations, it is also used for other types of events such as music concerts.