Cáceres - San Mateo

A little way south of the Palacio de los Golfines Abajo in Cáceres is the church of San Francisco Javier, 18th century, a large Baroque structure in the Jesuit style. Just beyond this, on the highest point in the town, is the 15th century church of San Mateo, on the site of an earlier mosque. The main doorway, facing the Plaza San Mateo, is in Plateresque style, 16th century. The church has an impressive Baroque retablo and contains a number of fine tombs.