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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=50 BGCOLOR="#333333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="196dcde1ddualp.gif"> <div> Our City   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CCCC99" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="default.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Borgans Heavenly Home Page"><U>home</U></A></FONT></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=160 BGCOLOR="#333333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="196dedc2ddualp.gif"> <div> <A HREF="id305.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Apartment"><U>Our Apartment</U></A></div> <div> <B>Our City</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id307.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Province"><U>Our Province</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Region Extremadura"><U>Our Region -Extremadura</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id255.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Weather "><U>Weather </U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id249.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cáceres"><U>Cáceres</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id256.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="D. José María Saponi Mendo"><U>D. José María Saponi Mendo</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id250.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cáceres World Heritage "><U>Cáceres World Heritage </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id248.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cáceres Medieval Castle"><U>Cáceres Medieval Castle</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id313.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual photos of Cáceres"><U>Virtual photos of Cáceres</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id314.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual San Jorge"><U>Virtual San Jorge</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id251.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tour Medieval City"><U>Tour Medieval City</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id262.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Museum of Cáceres"><U>Museum of Cáceres</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id257.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cáceres Route"><U>Cáceres Route</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id311.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Caceres Parador Hotel"><U>Caceres Parador Hotel</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id312.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Knights of Santiago"><U>Knights of Santiago</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cáceres Chamber of Commerce"><U>Cáceres Chamber of Commerce</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=396 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="19764643.gif"> <div> <IMG SRC="15137c80.jpg" border=0 width="311" height="456" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Cáceres</div> <bR> <div> Cáceres is one of the world's most historic cities.  Prehistoric cave dwellers below the modern city date back thirty millenia (30,000 B.C.)  The Roman military base was converted into a bustling Muslim stronghold.  The hilltop castle city was defended by Moors against Spanish Knights including the most famous Order of Knights of Santiago (which originated in Cáceres).  </div> <bR> <div> After the defeat of the Muslims in Spain the conquest continued in the discovery, conquest and Christianizing of the New World.  The monestary of Guadalupe (in the province of Cáceres) started missions from Florida to California, Mexico to Chile and today is the patro and pilgramage site for of all of Hispanidad (the Spanish-speaking world.)</div> <bR> <div> Discover the facinating city were we live:</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id249.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cáceres"><U>Cáceres</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id256.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="D. José María Saponi Mendo"><U>D. José María Saponi Mendo</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id250.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cáceres World Heritage "><U>Cáceres World Heritage </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id248.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cáceres Medieval Castle"><U>Cáceres Medieval Castle</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id313.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual photos of Cáceres"><U>Virtual photos of Cáceres</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id314.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual San Jorge"><U>Virtual San Jorge</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id251.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tour Medieval City"><U>Tour Medieval City</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id262.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Museum of Cáceres"><U>Museum of Cáceres</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id257.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cáceres Route"><U>Cáceres Route</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id311.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Caceres Parador Hotel"><U>Caceres Parador Hotel</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id312.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Knights of Santiago"><U>Knights of Santiago</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cáceres Chamber of Commerce"><U>Cáceres Chamber of Commerce</U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=34 BGCOLOR="#333333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="196dcde1ddualp.gif"> <div> <A HREF="id305.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Apartment"><U><B><IMG SRC="13b16180.gif" border=0 width="22" height="24" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id307.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Province"><U><B><IMG SRC="13a16180.gif" border=0 width="22" height="24" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Where we live"><U><B><IMG SRC="13916180.gif" border=0 width="22" height="24" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id249.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cáceres"><U><B><IMG SRC="13c16180.gif" border=0 width="22" height="24" ALT="down" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>