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What to see and do in Valdecaballeros

What to see and do in Valdecaballeros (Cijara, Badajoz): 5 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature · 2 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Valdecaballeros

Valdecaballeros
Village
Municipality of 1,036 inhabitants (2025) at 401 m altitude, with pre-Roman and Roman remains at the hillfort of Cerro de la Barca. It reached a peak of 1,779 inhabitants in 1991, followed by heavy emigration toward Madrid and provincial capitals.
Central nuclear inacabada de Valdecaballeros
Historical milestone
Construction of a nuclear power plant began in 1975, involving more than 4,000 workers; the 1984 nuclear moratorium imposed by the Socialist government halted the works when the first reactor was 70% complete and the second 60%. The facilities were dismantled in 2001, leaving a public debt of around 116 million euros.
Embalse de García de Sola (Puerto Peña)
Nature
Reservoir about 20 km long on the Guadiana, also called the Puerto Peña reservoir, where swimming, fishing for pike, black bass, carp and barbel, and water sports are possible; its construction turned into an island a rise in the land with archaeological remains from different cultures, at the confluence with the Guadalupejo river.
Hitos romanos de la iglesia de San Miguel de Valdecaballeros
Historical milestone
The church of San Miguel Arcángel in Valdecaballeros preserves two Roman boundary markers that marked the border between the provinces of Tarraconensis, Baetica and Lusitania, at the crossing of the Guadiana and Guadalupejo rivers.
Torre del reloj de Juan Pastor y Balneario de Valdefernando
Monument
Clock tower built in the 19th century by Juan Pastor and the 20th-century Valdefernando spa, two examples of civil architecture in Valdecaballeros.