Concatedral de Cáceres

The Holy Church Concatedral de Santa María is the most important Christian temple in the city of Cáceres. It is the oldest foundation of the city since it was completed between the S.XV and S.XVI on a construction of S.XIII Completely made with granite ashlar, its style can be considered Romanesque from transition to Gothic. It has two Gothic portals, the one of the Gospel, in front of the Episcopal Palace with a modern image of the Virgin in the tympanum, and the main front, in the feet, in which the shield of Orellana stands out. The church has a single tower, Renaissance of 3 bodies and rectangular plant, crowned by 4 flamingos where they now nest stork, was made between 1554 and 1559 by Pedro de Ibarra. In the west corner of this tower, a statue of San Pedro de Álcantara executed in 1954 by the sculptor from Extremadura Enrique Pérez Comendador