Palace of Carvajal

The building has a granite ashlar facade, where the coat of arms of the Carvajal family appears in an arched doorway, and a corner balcony with a pointed arch occupies part of the two façades. This construction has Gothic and Renaissance elements.

Inside the house, there is a rectangular courtyard with arches over columns. It is used as a foyer that gives access to the ground floor rooms. The Torre Redonda (Round Tower), from the XII or XIII Centuries, is built next to the palace. It has Arab origin and houses a small chapel decorated with murals in its ground floor.

According to the legend, the King Fernando IV accuses two Carvajal brothers of being guilty of the knight Juan Alonso the Benavides´ s death; as a result the king orders to execute them. Then, the king is accused in presence of the Trial of God, and he is executed. After his death in this square, it is considered that the two Carvajal brothers are innocent.

Nowadays, this place has become the headquarters of the Patronato de Promoción del Turismo y Artesanía of Cáceres and it is also known as the Casa Quemada (Burned house), due to the fire that caused serious damages in the building in the XIX Century.