This palace, also known as “the house of Tricks,” is located on Calle General Ezponda.
This palace, also known as “the house of Tricks,” is located on Calle General Ezponda.
Ordered to be built by D. Pedro García de Galarza, the Bishop of Coria in 1579, the palace was renovated in the 16th century in the Plateresque style, highlighting the corner window of the tower and the courtyard with interior columns holding the crests of the Bishop Galarza. At the moment, it holds the offices of the Coria-Cáceres Bishopric.
D. Pedro García de Galarza would leave his mark on numerous religious buildings in the city, since he also ordered the reform of the Episcopal Palace and founded the seminary of his own name, which would be demolished in the middle of the twentieth century.
He was an adviser to King Philip II, whom he advised on diplomatic issues regarding the succession of the Portuguese crown.
Recommendations: Nearby is the Church of Santo Domingo and the La Isla Palace, open to the public, where the synagogue of the New Jewish Quarter of Cáceres was located.
