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The Plaza Mayor is established as the center of the historic and gateway to the Monumental City. It arose as a space for markets outside the walls. It is dominated on its eastern side by a front formed by the Bujaco Tower, the Chapel of Peace and the Arch of the Star, being able to see also the Pulpits Tower and the Tower of Yerba. To the south is the Town Hall, built in the late nineteenth century. The rest of the Plaza Mayor is formed by arcades that have their origin in the sixteenth century, although the buildings on them are very different times. The portals housed various guilds, such as Pan Portal, the Portal of the Silversmiths, the Arcade of the Scribes, the Apothecaries Portal and Portal Watchmakers, among others. The rest of the city guilds settled in streets near the Plaza Mayor, and the famous shopping street Painters and other like streets Pancras, Ovens, Stoves, Shoe, Caleros, Tanneries, Tanners Rivera, Boilermakers, Shops. In the environment and in the vicinity of the Plaza Mayor are both medieval parishes (James and John), around which were shaping new spaces, along with the Plaza Mayor, created the urban structure of the enclosure walls.
The Old Town of Cáceres was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, as it is one of the urban ensembles ofthe Middle Ages and the Renaissance most comprehensive in the world. The Cathedral of Santa Maria, the Palace of the vanes (Cáceres Provincial Museum), the palaces of the Golfines (Up and Down), Casa del Sol, Bujaco Tower and the Arc of the Star are some of the monuments most beautiful and admirable. Also known for being home to one of the four campuses available to the University of Extremadura and its dynamic cultural life in the whole autonomous region.
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The Plaza Mayor is established as the center of the historic and gateway to the Monumental City. It arose as a space for markets outside the walls. It is dominated on its eastern side by a front formed by the Bujaco Tower, the Chapel of Peace and the Arch of the Star, being able to see also the Pulpits Tower and the Tower of Yerba. To the south is the Town Hall, built in the late nineteenth century. The rest of the Plaza Mayor is formed by arcades that have their origin in the sixteenth century, although the buildings on them are very different times. The portals housed various guilds, such as Pan Portal, the Portal of the Silversmiths, the Arcade of the Scribes, the Apothecaries Portal and Portal Watchmakers, among others. The rest of the city guilds settled in streets near the Plaza Mayor, and the famous shopping street Painters and other like streets Pancras, Ovens, Stoves, Shoe, Caleros, Tanneries, Tanners Rivera, Boilermakers, Shops. In the environment and in the vicinity of the Plaza Mayor are both medieval parishes (James and John), around which were shaping new spaces, along with the Plaza Mayor, created the urban structure of the enclosure walls.
The Old Town of Cáceres was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, as it is one of the urban ensembles ofthe Middle Ages and the Renaissance most comprehensive in the world. The Cathedral of Santa Maria, the Palace of the vanes (Cáceres Provincial Museum), the palaces of the Golfines (Up and Down), Casa del Sol, Bujaco Tower and the Arc of the Star are some of the monuments most beautiful and admirable. Also known for being home to one of the four campuses available to the University of Extremadura and its dynamic cultural life in the whole autonomous region.
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