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What to see and do in Valle de la Serena

What to see and do in Valle de la Serena (La Serena, Badajoz): 5 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Valle de la Serena

Valle de la Serena
Village
Municipality of 1,075 inhabitants (2025) at 423 m altitude. The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) had a very harsh impact on the town, with arrests, executions and subsequent emigration. It had historical mining of wolfram, tin, lead and zinc at the San Nicolás mine. It is a production area for queso de la Serena with a designation of origin.
Dolmen de Sierra Gorda (Valle de la Serena)
Monument
Megalithic monument located within the municipal boundary of Valle de la Serena; the municipality also preserves the Museo de la Casa Labriega (Farmhouse Museum), housed in a traditional 16th-century dwelling.
Museo Casa Labriega de Valle de la Serena
Monument
A 16th-century building that preserves the region's vernacular rural architecture and displays the traditional farming life of the area.
Juan Donoso Cortés, filósofo nacido en Valle de la Serena
Curiosity
The philosopher and politician Juan Donoso Cortés, Marquis of Valdegamas, was born in Valle de la Serena in 1809.
Construcción del embalse de La Serena
Historical milestone
The large La Serena reservoir, one of the biggest in Spain, was built within the municipal term during the 1950s.