San Mateo Church

This temple was built on the ruins of a former Almohad mosque. It has Gothic, Renaissance, Plateresque and Baroque elements, because of its many reforms.

The main façade is in Plateresque style and was carried out by Guillén Ferrant. It consists of a basket arch between two composed columns, in whose hairnets there are two medallions with the effigies of San Pedro on the left side and San Pablo, on the right.

The image of San Mateo is located in the centre of the frieze. The Sande chapel was carried out by Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón. In this chapel we should highlight its star-shape rib vault.

A bell tower from the XVIII Century stands adjacent to the temple. It is not decorated and was carried out by Pedro Vecino.

Inside, the temple consists of only one nave and has a granite vault with nerves. The rococo altarpiece of the major altar, in Extremadura style, was attributed to Vicente Barbadillo from the second half of the XVIII Century.

In the chapels we should highlight the burials of several noblemen from Cáceres, especially the Ovando family.