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Tower of the Pulpits

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Near the Palace of Mayoralgo

La Torre de los Púlpitos is another of the towers on the walls surrounding Cáceres, although it differs from the rest since it was built of granite instead of rammed. For this reason, it’s believed that the tower was built after the Christian Reconquest in the 15th century to defend the Puerta Nueva.

It’s located in the Plaza Mayor and it owes its name to the two front corners covered with cylindrical blocks which bears a resemblance a church’s pulpit. It’s 14 meters high and is the only tower with a connecting passage to a palace (the Palace of Mayoralgo, in this case) which let the inhabitants

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