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What to see and do in Garbayuela

What to see and do in Garbayuela (La Siberia, Badajoz): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Activities · 2 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Garbayuela

Garbayuela
Village
Municipality of 450 inhabitants (2025) at 487 m altitude, which had around 1,200 inhabitants toward 1960 before the heavy emigration that followed. It became an independent villa in 1761 after paying 3.5 million ducats. During the Civil War, the Republican mayor Aurelio Sánchez Grano de Oro prevented executions in the town.
Poblado fortificado de Mirabueno
Historical milestone
In the Sierra de Mirabueno, north of Garbayuela, a pre-Roman hilltop walled settlement is preserved, covering about 300 m² of construction, with five associated caves known as 'Cuarto del Moro', 'las Lastras', 'La Cocina', 'La Sala Principal' and 'Galería'.
La independencia de Garbayuela (1761)
Historical milestone
Garbayuela, until then a hamlet dependent on Puebla de Alcocer, became an independent municipality in 1761 after paying the crown three and a half million ducats.
Fiestas del Emigrante
Activity
August festivities celebrating the return to the village of townspeople who emigrated, a tradition common to several municipalities in La Siberia with a strong history of emigration since the 1960s.