Things to see and do Los Santos De Maimona

Opened in 2005, he hosts a permanent collection of paintings, sculptures and archaeology. This includes the sculptures of the country's child, Mauricio Tinoco, as well as vestiges of different Roman villas and the time of Chalcolithique.

Inaugurated in 1955, the cement factory of Asland, a company of Los Santos de Maimona, intended to produce the cement necessary for the great ambitions of the Badajoz Plan (reconstruction of houses destroyed during civil war, among others). This factory, which was greeted with great expectations by the population, contributed in particular to reducing rural exodus, until its closure in 1972, for the purpose of ending plan, the impoverishment of quarries and the obsolescence of materials and nuisance for neighbours, a closed closure despite the great social protest that followed and support for this cause of the future king of the land. Spain, Juan Carlos. Acquired in 1973, at the symbolic price of a peseta, by the town hall, the premises of this company now host an interpretation centre, located in the old dock of the quarry quarry. It tells the story of this resource, from natural cement to invention of artificial cement (Portland) and the economic and social repercussions of implantation and closure of the plant through explanatory panels, graphics and audio-visual documents.

You will not be able to miss by taking the road that leads to Zafra, because it is a little the encounter of the horse factor and Gaudí, or Alice's palace to wonderland, according to its cultural references. Started in 1989 and still unfinished today, this construction is the result of the creative imagination of Francisco González Gragera who wanted to build a dwelling house and other constructions (towers, walls…), all in the same round style and colorful by many mosaics. In this 120 m ² set, you will also find a pond, a waterfall and a fountain dedicated, according to its creator, to the man of the countryside, as well as a small craft workshop and a shop.

Its structure and quality make it a jewel of art and one of the most important churches in Badajoz province, since it has preserved its first form. Built on a former church of the xve century, which only remains the polygonal abbey, it was raised in the sixteenth century in a Gothic and Renaissance style. The Forgiveness gate (Puerta del Perdón) testifying to a purist purist style of the first time, also the largest in the region. Inside, it is the main table that draws attention. From the Seventeenth century Seville school, its central figure represents the Señora de Los Ángeles (Gothic of the fifteenth century). The church also houses four figures (pasos) that parade during Holy Week: Jesús Nazareño, (realized by Antonio Ruiz de Gijón, at the end of the seventeenth century and restored in 2004), the Virgen de los Dolores, realized in 1945 by the sculptor Mauricio Tinoco, Jesús amarrado has la Cruz (attached to the cross) and rarer, Cristo de las Misericordias. Brought from Peru in the middle of the sixteenth century, it was made in corn paste according to indigenous techniques and responded to the ancient name of Cristo de Indias.

This great white palace of the th century is one of the few buildings that can be used to make an idea of the specific architecture of the order of Santiago, a religious and military order. This is one of the best preserved in Spain. Its wide façade was originally flanked by two towers, one remaining today, marking its military style. The central door gives access to a beautiful inner patio, surrounded by arcades, in which the Portuguese-style windows and azulejos work. In its centre, surrounded by green and flowers, the statue of La Niña de la Paloma (the girl to the dove) by the sculptor Mauricio Tinoco. This palace is now home to the town hall and can only be accessed on the patio.

Located on the emblematic Plaza de España, the tourist office is located in the Maison de la culture.