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Concatedral de Santa María de Cáceres
Cáceres
Dimensions
Renaissance granite tower built between 1554 and 1559
Period
Romanesque-Gothic building on a 13th-century structure, completed in the 15th–16th centuries
What stands there
raised to co-cathedral of the diocese of Coria-Cáceres in 1957
A Gothic granite church raised on an earlier 13th-century structure, it became co-cathedral of the diocese of Coria-Cáceres in 1957. It stands in the heart of the Ciudad Monumental of Cáceres, a major stage on the Vía de la Plata, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986. It houses the Cristo Negro, a 14th-century Gothic crucifix from a nearby convent and the object of great popular devotion.
Getting there : Free entry for services, visits usually subject to an admission charge
Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.
Ambient sound
Nearby
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- Igreja de Santa IriaChurch · Santarém · 200 km
- Catedral del Salvador de ZamoraCathedral · Zamora · 231 km
This place in the great stories
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