Cáceres, Spain
Cáceres | |
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![]() View o the auld toun an its surroondins. | |
Coordinates: 39°29′N 6°22′W / 39.483°N 6.367°WCoordinates: 39°29′N 6°22′W / 39.483°N 6.367°W | |
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Autonomous community | ![]() |
Province | Cáceres |
Comarca | Llanos de Cáceres |
Judicial destrict | Cáceres |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Elena Nevado del Campo (PP) |
Area | |
• Total | 1750.33 km2 (675.81 sq mi) |
Elevation | 459 m (1,506 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 96,068 |
• Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Cacereños |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 10001-10005 |
Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid | |
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Criteria | Cultural: iii, iv |
Reference | 384 |
Inscription | 1986 (10t Session) |
Cáceres (pronoonced: [ˈkaθeɾes]) is the caipital o the same name province, in the autonomous community o Extremadura, Spain. Its population wis 91,131 inhabitants in 2009. The municipio haes a land aurie o 1,750.33 km², an is the lairgest in geographical extension in Spain.
There hae been settlements near Cáceres syne prehistoric times. Evidence o this can be foond in the caves o Maltravieso an El Conejar. The ceety wis foondit bi the Romans in 25 BC.
The auld toun (Ciudad Monumental) still haes its auncient waws; this pairt o toun is an aa weel kent for its multitude o storks' nests. The waws contain a medieval toun settin wi nae ootward signs o modrenity, which is why mony films hae been shot there. The Universidad de Extremadura, an twa astronomical observatories are situatit in Cáceres. The ceety is an aa a seat o the Roman Catholic Diocese o Coria-Cáceres.
Cáceres wis declared a Warld Heritage Ceety bi UNESCO in 1986 acause o the ceety's blend o Roman, Islamic, Northren Gothic an Italian Renaissance airchitectur. Thirty touers frae the Muslim period still staund in Cáceres, o which the Torre del Bujaco is the maist famous.