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• San Juan Bautista Cathedral. Badajoz.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de España s/n. 06002. Badajoz. (Extremadura) www.aytobadajoz.es. From the outside, the cathedral was built in the form of a fortress to keep it safe during the continuous wars suffered by the city. Its construction was begun after the conquest of Badajoz by King Alfonso IX in the 13th century.…

• Santa María de la Asunción Procathedral. Mérida.

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  … Plaza de España s/n. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) On a Visigoth temple. This temple, which preserves remains from the 13th century, was built between the 17th and 18th centuries. It was built over an earlier Roman-Visigoth temple. This is a building divided in three naves by square pillars.…

• La Jayona Mine. Fuente del Arco.

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  … Mina de La Jayona. 06980. Fuente del Arco. Badajoz. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 924878151 | http://www.cuevasturisticas.es. Nature takes over the mine. The La Jayona Mine Natural Mine is situated in the Sierra de La Jayona Mountains, some 700 metres above sea level and covers 80 hectares. Its landscape …

• Santa Eulalia Chapel. Mérida.

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  … Avenida Extremadura s/n. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) http://www.consorciomerida.org/. Mars temple ruins. This chapel has remains of the Roman temple dedicated to the God Mars. It was built in the 17th century and the remains from the temple of Mars were added to the main front. It comprise…

• San Juan de Dios Hospital. Mérida.

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  … Plaza de San Juan de Dios s/n. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) The hospital of the poor. It is a very interesting building as its church has an octagonal plan with large vaulted niches which can be used as altars. This old hospital is today the site of the regional parliament. It preserves the…

• Monument to Santa Eulalia. Mérida.

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  … Parque de la Ciudad s/n. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) E-mail: visitas@consorciomerida.org. http://www.consorciomerida.org. Martyr and patron saint of Mérida. The monument lies in the middle of the square and was built in honour of the patron saint of Mérida. The monument lies on top of a sq…

• Prosperita Roman Reservoir. Mérida.

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  … 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) E-mail: visitas@consorciomerida.org. http://www.consorciomerida.org/. It is about 5km from the city of Mérida, built in the waters of a lagoon and it takes its name from a plaque found in the 18th century invoking the goddess Persephone. The wall is made of eart…

• Zafra Fortress. Zafra.

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  … Plaza Corazón de María 7. 06300. Zafra. Badajoz. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 924551018 | E-mail: zafra@parador.es. www.parador.es. Its construction was begun by Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa in 1437. It is a rectangular building with battlements in which the keep is the outstanding feature. From the outsid…

• Alange Roman Baths. Alange.

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  … Calle Baños 58. 06840. Alange. Badajoz. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 924365168 | E-mail: balneario_alange@ctv.es. www.balneariodealange.com. They already existed in the times of Trajan and Hadrian, in the 2nd century A D. They are located at the foot of La Mesilla hill and are medicinal-type baths. The R…

• Los Milagros Aqueduct. Mérida.

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  … Zona Presa de la Proserpina. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) A spectacular aqueduct. The construction of this aqueduct follows the contours of the land achieved using materials such as brick, ashlars, masonry, and natural rock. There are three rows of arches, with distribution towers and a lim…

• Badajoz Fortress. Badajoz.

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  … Plaza José Álvarez y Sáez de Buruaga s/n. 06002. Badajoz. (Extremadura) Site of the Provincial Archaeological Museum. Declared a Historic Artistic Monument in 1931. It has an impressive wall in which the watchtower, known as the Espantaperros Tower, is stands out. Inside is the Palace of the Dukes o…

• Casa del Mitreo House. Mérida.

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  … Zona Cerro de San Albín. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) www.consorciomerida.org. The noble domus. This was a large Roman house belonging to an important family. Together with the house, remains related to the cult of Mitra were found and this is where its name comes from. The house consists o…

• Santa Eulalia Basilica. Mérida.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avenida Extremadura 13. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) http://www.consorciomerida.org. The basilica of the reconquest. Is built on the site of the 4th century basilica destroyed by the Almohads. The present construction is Romanesque. Basilica in layout, with three naves, and an apse that is …

• Medellín Castle. Medellín.

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  … 06411. Medellin. Medellín. Badajoz. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 924822438 | E-mail: otmedellin@badajoz.es. www.medellin.es. The castle replaced a 10th-century fortress which was destroyed in the 14th century by Pedro I the Cruel and rebuilt by the Infante Sancho of Castile. It has a double walled perime…

• Church of San Bartolomé.

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  … Plaza de San Bartolomé, s/n. 06380. Badajoz. (Extremadura) E-mail: turismo@jerezcaballeros.es. http://www.jerezcaballeros.es/. The most interesting feature is its profusely decorated Baroque tower. The church, which was built in the late Gothic style in the second half of the 15th century and the ea…

• Luna Castle. Alburquerque.

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  … 06510. Alburquerque. Badajoz. (Extremadura) E-mail: 924401202@telefonica.net. www.alburquerque.es. Luna Castle. It is known as Luna Castle, referring to Álvaro de Luna, Master of the Order of Santiago and High Constable of Castile, who lived in it for a long time. It has four enclosed areas, but the…

• Tentudía Monastery. Calera de León.

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  … 06292. Calera de León. Badajoz. (Extremadura) Declared of National Historic Interest. Founded by Grand Master Pelayo Pérez Correa in the second half of the 13th century. The former hermitage was raised to the status of monastery in 1514. It was the sanctuary of the Vicariate of Santa María de Tudía …

• Espantaperros Tower. Badajoz.

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  … Plaza Alta s/n. 06002. Badajoz. (Extremadura) http://www.aytobadajoz.es. 12th-century Almohad monument. This is known as the Watchtower or Alpéndiz Tower. The Espantaperros Tower is in the eastern part of the Citadel and is a watchtower. It has an octagonal plan Most of the tower is solid, apart fro…

• Roman Temple to Diana. Mérida.

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  … Zona arqueológica. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) E-mail: visitas@consorciomerida.org. http://www.consorciomerida.org/conjunto/romano/Diana/diana.htm. The Goddess temple. An enormous building that is probably one of the most majestic of those in Roman Mérida. It is one of the religious buildi…

• Convent of Santa Clara. Zafra.

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  … Calle Sevilla, nº 30. 06300. Zafra. Badajoz. (Extremadura) E-mail: santaclara@museozafra.net / museosantaclara@zafra.es. http://www.museozafra.es/. The convent of Santa Clara in Zafra is the site of the museum of the same name, dedicated to the history of the city and to the nuns of the order of the…

• Convent of Santiago in Calera de León. Calera de León.

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  … Plaza de España, 12. 06292. Calera de León. Badajoz. (Extremadura) http://www.caleradeleon.es. The building stands in the main square and belongs to the Order of Santiago. It was built in the late 15th century and completed in the 16th century as an extension of the Monastery of Tentudía, and has to…

• San Lázaro aqueduct. Mérida.

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  … Parque de San Lázaro, s/n. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) E-mail: turismo@merida.es. http://www.turismomerida.org/. One of the three aqueducts which supplied water to Roman Mérida. The only elements remaining are three sturdy pillars from this construction which at one time was over 1 kilomet…

• Alcazaba fortress in Mérida. Mérida.

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  … Plaza del Rastro s/n. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 924003441 | E-mail: visitas@consorciomerida.org. http://www.consorciomerida.org. An imposing military complex. In the interior it still conserves remnants dating from the Roman, Visigoth and Arab periods. It was built by Abderramá…

• Mérida Circus. Mérida.

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  … Zona arqueológica. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) http://www.consorciomerida.org. The centre of the Roman chariot races. It was used for chariot races and according to the inscription, it was later adapted to serve as a venue for naval games. It has a rectangular shape and is divided in two l…

• Amphitheatre House. Mérida.

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  … Zona arqueológica. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) http://www.consorciomerida.org/. Situated next to the amphitheatre, the remains actually belong to two houses, a section of the San Lázaro aqueduct and a decant tower. It belongs to Mérida’s archaeological site, which has the UNESCO World Heri…