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Andalusian Cistern of the Palace of the Veletas

Andalusian Cistern of the Palace of the Veletas

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Andalusian Cistern of the Palace of the Veletas

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Location: Cáceres, Caceres, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

May 22, 2022

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Under the Renaissance cloister of the Palacio de la Veletas is the best preserved Hispano-Muslim cistern in Spain and one of the best in the world. This magnificent cistern is one of the remains of the Almohad military citadel that has survived, since the building that houses it was restructured in the 16th century and remodeled in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

March 24, 2023

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It is housed in two historic buildings in the Old Town of Cáceres, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The Casa de Las Veletas houses the Archeology and Ethnography Sections; It is a building whose current appearance has its origin in the works carried out in 1600 by its owner Don Lorenzo de Ulloa y Torres on a site that may have been occupied by the now-defunct Muslim Alcázar.

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

October 7, 2023

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The cistern, which continues to collect the rain that falls in the Renaissance courtyard that covers it, is one of the largest of its time, hence its spectacular nature, enhanced by the golden light that pours from the zenith towards the five naves composed of horseshoe arches.

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Elevation 690 m

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Location: Cáceres, Caceres, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain

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