Art and culture
Casa palacio de Chaves el Viejo
The Catholic Monarchs spent long periods in this building with Gothic and Mudejar details.
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- Casa Palacio Chaves El Viejo
Adjoining the town wall
Location and Contact:
- Contact person: Trujillo Tourist Information Office
- Tel.:+34 927 32 26 77
- Fax: +34 927 65 91 40
- Email: turismo@trujillo.es
- Website address: https://trujilloturismo.org/
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The Catholic Monarchs spent long periods in this building with Gothic and Mudejar details.
If you are passing through Trujillo, you simply must visit this building which is considered a good example of Castilian civil architecture from the Late Middle Ages. The Chaves el Viejo Palace-House is set against a section of Trujillo's town wall, but you will recognise it by its strong walls and slender towers, even though only some vestiges remain of them.
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- Construction:
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- Palace
- Art period:
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- Gothic
- Mudejar
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