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The lizard of El Viso

Viso del Marqués, Sierra Morena, Ciudad Real

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The lizard of El Viso

Curiosity · Viso del Marqués, Sierra Morena, Ciudad Real

Image of Viso del Marqués, not of the place itself.

A stuffed Nile crocodile some five metres long hangs in the parish church, brought back by the marquis Álvaro de Bazán. Local people popularly call it el lagarto del Viso, the Viso lizard.

Photo: Raimundo Pastor (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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