Torre de Bujaco

The Torre de Bujaco is perhaps the most recognisable tower in Cáceres, standing at the corner of the old town wall facing the Plaza Mayor. It marks the most photogenic junction in the city — the medieval gate of the Arco de la Estrella on one side and the tower on the other, with the old town rising behind.

The tower has a small museum inside covering the history of the city's defensive walls, with models and archaeological finds. Climb to the top for panoramic views over the Plaza Mayor and across the rooftops of the old town. Entry fee is modest; it pairs naturally with a walk along the remaining sections of the city wall.

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The Torre de Bujaco has Roman foundations — it was built on and incorporating elements of a Roman tower that guarded the Via de la Plata, the Roman road connecting Seville to Astorga. The Moors expanded it, the medieval lords of Cáceres rebuilt it again, and it has survived largely intact into the present. The Catholic Monarchs ordered its battlements demolished (as they did most towers in Cáceres) as a punishment for the local nobility backing the wrong side in the War of Castilian Succession.