2 EURO PROOF WORLD HERITAGE 2023 CACERESID32107189
Spain pays tribute to the properties and sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List with the annual issue of a commemorative 2-euro coin. Membership of this list means that the properties will be protected and preserved.
Continuing the theme started in 2010 for commemorative 2-euro coins to commemorate properties and places included on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Royal Mint is dedicating the 2023 issue to the Old City of Cáceres.
This is the fourteenth coin of the annual series dedicated to the sites in Spain included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Series | 2 Euro Proof |
Year | 2023 |
Quality | Proof |
Diameter (mm) | 25,75 |
Face Value (Euro) | 2 |
Metal | Base Metal |
Weight (g) | 8.5 |
Maximum Mintage (units) | 5,000 |
CARTERITA 2 EUR PROOF PAT. M. CÁCERES 23
In the city of Cáceres, the "Ciudad Monumental", "ciudad vieja de Cáceres" or "barrio de Intramuros" is the name given to the part of the old quarter of the city delimited on the outside by its walls.
With two millennia of history, this quarter was founded by the Romans as a colony called Norba Caesarina, and the wall was built to protect it.
After the settlement was abandoned during the period of the great migrations, it was recovered as a hisn during the Andalusian period.
The walled enclosure and the town of Cáceres were one and the same until the end of the 14th century, when, following the consolidation of the Reconquest, the Extramuros district was founded.
The Intramuros district is internationally renowned for its great examples of stately and religious architecture built over the centuries. The Monumental City has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest since 1949 and a World Heritage Site since 1986.