The old city of Cáceres is a monumental complex in Spain located in the old quarter of the municipality of Cáceres.
The Old Town of Cáceres is delimited in two main areas by the city walls: intramuros (inside the walls) and extramuros (outside the walls).
The area inside the walls is what is usually known as the "Monumental City" or "Old Part" and is the best known, while the area outside the walls is more unknown.
Since the Middle Ages, the whole of the Old Quarter has been divided into four parishes, around which the structure of the city took shape.
The four parishes are Santa María, San Mateo, Santiago and San Juan, the first two being within the city walls and the last two outside.
The Plaza de San Jorge, in the centre of the walled enclosure, is characterised by three buildings. It is dominated by the church of San Francisco Javier or Iglesia de la Preciosa Sangre (whose crypt houses the Centro de Interpretación de la Semana Santa de Cáceres and provides access to the largest cistern in Cáceres, dating from the 18th century).
Cáceres once had two Jewish quarters: the Old Jewish Quarter (within the city walls) and the New Jewish Quarter (outside the walls). The Judería Vieja or Old Jewish Quarter is also known as the quarter of San Antonio de la Quebrada. The layout and organisation of the streets typical of the Islamic and Jewish period have been preserved.
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