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Plasencia’s Cathedral
Artistic Heritage
Extremadura has one of the most
important artistic heritages in
Spain, a true reflection of all the
peoples who have passed
through it.
The first inhabitants left
megalithic structures, such as the
ones found in Valencia de
Alcántara and the Valley of the
Guadiana, near Mérida, as well as
cave paintings in Maltravieso
cave in Cáceres and verracos
(ancient stone carvings of bulls or
boars) in Upper Extremadura.
However, the chief constructions
were made during the Roman
period. The largest number of
them are concentrated in Mérida:
a Roman theater, amphitheater,
Temple of Diana and many more
to which the artifacts exhibited at
the National Museum of Roman
Art must also be added. Other
structures from the same period
are the Roman bridge in
Alcántara, the Arch of Cáparra
and Regina Theater.
From the Visigoth period only
the ruins of some basilicas remain
in Trujillo, Alcuéscar, Brozas and
Burguillos del Cerro. Much more
important are the vestiges left by
the Moors. These were mainly
constructions of a military or
defensive nature. Splendid
examples can be found in a good
portion of the walled circuit of
Cáceres, the Alcazaba fortress of
Badajoz, and the Moorish walls
built by the Almohads in Galisteo.
The scant number of works of
Romanesque art are found
north of Cáceres. A good
example is the Old Cathedral of
Plasencia. After the Reconquest,
Cloister in the Monastery of Guadalupe