Cáceres, Spain

Auld Toun o Cáceres
UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid
Criteria	Cultural: iii, iv
Reference	384
Inscription	1986 (10t Session)

Cáceres
Cáceres
	Municipality
	View o the auld toun an its surroondins.
	Banner Coat airms
	Cáceres Location in Spain
	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
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous community	Extremadura
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)
• 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

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.