Things to see and do Province Of Badajoz

5 km from the town, the oldest remains of this town, dating from the Chalcholitique (the third millennium BC), are located in the first Gisement I deposit, and account for a larger period for the second, Castillejo II, which houses vestiges from the Neolithic (4 th Millennium BC.) to the Romans. On this second site, you will notice the urban route and the robust defensive structures. Explanatory panels are located on both locations.

Since 2014, Francisco de Zurbarán's home has reopened, on the occasion of the 350 th anniversary of his death, after a great renovation of the places that allowed the spaces to be redistributed (rooms, rooms…) to construct a logical path and to equip him with leading-edge technological tools, transporting the visitor to the rural era and mystic lived by the painter and transmitted by his works. Audiovisual materials, videos and games of light and music, at the entrance, accompany the visit, an extremely didactic circuit on the author and his works even if it contains no original paintings. The first hall, Zurbarán, presents the personality of the painter, as reflected in his works and in the objects of his daily life (cups, plates, bodegones…), with a space devoted to his son Juan, unknown to the greatest number but who worked alongside his father and died very young. The second hall, Estrémadure, traces its monastic work since its return from Seville and the installation of its workshop in Llerena. Beginning with paintings like his famous Christ on the Cross (Cristo in la Cruz) of 1627, this stage will be decisive for its future since this type of painting will bring him numerous requests for work for different religious orders and will be the beginning of a huge notoriety. The third hall, Seville, reports on the great number of works devoted to the theme of the Virgin Mary, a means for Zurbarán, to use painting as a tool for spreading the Seville fervor of his time, in favor of this theme. Finally, the Pasillo de las Santas chamber presents, in small format, the countless saints painted by Zurbarán and the concern of the painter that they are identified in the future as bearers of his brand.

Located in the heart of the village, it is a church of the fifteenth century rectangular form with a nef divided into five parts. From the top of his tower, we have a very nice view on the surrounding area, but it's mostly inside the church that you find his main retable, built between the end of the fifteenth century and the beginning of the sixteenth century, which is one of the most important ensembles of late Gothic painting in Extremadura, style. mixed with the first expressions of the Renaissance. Declared a historical and artistic monument in 1982, it was deeply restored on that date. It was realized by Antón de Madrid, a painter of great prestige having been entrusted with numerous works by the ecclesiastical authorities of the province of León and residing in Zafra. In total, this table has 28 tables, distributed in three bodies and eleven vertical paths that recreate the life of Mary and Christ, in an extremely didactic way for the faithful.

Today known as the castle of Montemolín, this fortress was first the work of the Almohades in the th century before passing to the hands of the order of Santiago. From its Arab era, it maintains a forum, consisting of a double wall, with square crenellated towers, characteristics of this type of architecture, as well as entrances to elbow or inflection, making access to the fortress more difficult. Other characteristics, underground tunnels allowing water and food supply and also flight, in the event of encirclement. Note, its very broad and rectangular seat that took into account the irregularity of the terrain by including the rocky projections in the general construction. After the recapture, the Order of Santiago brought changes such as the creation of a small church and a dungeon. It will then go hand in hand, to the Royal Crown, to the Seville Council, to the Genoese merchants, who have all left their marks. This fortress then deteriorated in the th and early st century, but the Alba Plata project helped to recover and strengthen the defensive towers, to consolidate the wall, to carry out archaeological excavations, to restore the central underground tank (Aljibe) or the well of the colours (pozo de los colores) and to improve its access and signalling, to the great satisfaction of the inhabitants who, for that reason, had the greatest satisfaction. would like to see continued work on the recovery of his memory.

The visit. Take two good hours to get there and turn it around. Reward for this grimpette: very nice on the village and surrounding area at every stop. Inside, a sign and explanatory signs of the main points encountered.

It was the great church of Montemolín, built in 1525 on the location of a hospital where pilgrims were resting, cheminant towards Santiago de Compostela. With a very large dimension, it marks the transition between late Gothic and Renaissance, with a rectangular, single-nave shape and beautiful Gothic design. It has fifteen altars (altar), each with a altarpiece, mainly of the th century. In addition to beautiful jewellery pieces, it houses a large collection of sacred books, including chronologies, ranging from 1575 to the present.

It occupies the old church of Santa Clara, built in the th century. Interesting parts of the Wisigothe period in Mérida are displayed.

To see the remains of the villa, you have to follow the road that comes out of the city on 200 m. There is still very little of this patrician villa, but there are still beautiful mosaic tiles.

Fuente de Cantos is a charming town with many possibilities for tourists. In addition to the tourist office, tourists can also visit the Centro d'Información Cultural y Turística, located on the Plaza de la Constitución. For art lovers, the Casa Museo de Zurbarán and the Museo Julián González García are not to be missed. The Museo Julián González García also features interesting exhibitions. Tourists can obtain further information from the tourist office or the Centro d'Información Cultural y Turística.

The centre also serves as a tourist information point and has Internet access.

You can give you information and allow you access to the fortress.

What we see today is the result of the reforms carried out in the th century, on the original th century building, mainly the meeting in one nave of the three old ones. Inside, the paintings of the main chapel, the Evangélistes, the Seville school of the th century and the episodes of the life of the Virgin, as well as the main altarpiece, of Baroque style, where the image of Nuestra de los Los, of the second half of the eighteenth century is located. Another altarpiece contains the statue of the first Virgen de la Hermosa, the Aparecida, Gothic sculpture of the th century.

Located in a former post office, rehabilitated in 2014, it allows you to browse the artist's life and work on two floors. For example, there is an exhibition of work performed by children, on the theme of the pasos of the Holy Week, as well as a space presenting the workshop of a painter artist, with an explanatory table of the various elements presented, and a bust of Zurbarán, directed by the sculptor Angel Pérez Espacio. We will also learn that the town of Fuente de Cantos decided to integrate a fountain in the center of its coat of arms, on the model of that drawn by Zurbarán.

The church was christened Zurbarán on 7 November 1598. From the original chapel of the th century only the huge tower, known as the vieja torre, surrounds the main chapel. The th century saw the construction of the chore, the th century of the lateral doors and it was reorganized in the th century. The interior houses a major main altarpiece, also of the th century, made by Manuel García of Santiago, even though the image of the Virgen of Granada, ancient patron of the city, dates back to the th century. The baptismal fonts of white marble, of the th century, are also the baptism of Zurbarán.

Located at the exit of Calzadilla de Los Barros, this is a fine example of religious architecture and sacred art in this village. Built in the th century, this hermitage houses a statue of the Holy Patron, Señora Señora de la Encarnación, a th century polychrome sculpture made of walnut by an anonymous author.