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What to see and do in Sancti-Spíritus

What to see and do in Sancti-Spíritus (La Siberia, Badajoz): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

2 Monuments · 2 Nature · 1 Activities · 1 Historical milestones · 1 Food and drink

When to go to Sancti-Spíritus: festival calendar

May: Fiestas de Sancti-Spíritus (9 de mayo; 13 de junio; 13 al 15 de septiembre)

How far each place is from the centre of Sancti-Spíritus

Embalse de La Serena junto a Sancti-Spíritus 3.2 km

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What to see and do in Sancti-Spíritus

Rollo o picota de Sancti-Spíritus
Monument
Whitewashed masonry column raised on a triple brick platform, preserved next to the parish church. A former symbol of municipal jurisdiction typical of villages with their own council since the early modern period.
Iglesia parroquial del Espíritu Santo
Monument
Whitewashed masonry church of Mudejar origin, with a raised, arcaded tower-facade, part of the archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz. Next to it stands a manor house with a Baroque facade on Calle Real, and in the present-day cemetery the remains of the former hermitage of San Sebastián.
Embalse de La Serena junto a Sancti-Spíritus
Nature
The municipal term is largely bathed by the La Serena reservoir, one of the largest in Europe, creating a contrast between the rugged dryness of the surroundings and the reservoir's great body of water. Near the village, a league to the west, the Guadalemar and Sujar rivers meet, between the Sierra del Cuchillo and Sierra de la Navaja.
Fiestas de Sancti-Spíritus
Activity
San Gregorio is celebrated on 9 May, when a drummer and a standard-bearer go through the village to the beat of the drum to gather the brotherhood members, who afterward make offerings with food and dinner. San Antonio is celebrated on 13 June with offerings, auctions and an invitation from the Hermano Mayor to the brotherhood members with chocolate and homemade sweets. The main festivities, in honor of the Santo Cristo del Consuelo, are held from 13 to 15 September with processions, novilladas, bull runs with young cows, a floral offering, open-air dances and cultural competitions.
Gastronomía de Sancti-Spíritus
Food and drink
The proximity of the La Serena reservoir and the Guadalemar and Sujar rivers favors a cuisine of freshwater fish -barbel, black bass and carp- cooked stewed, baked, marinated (en adobo), fried, in garlic sauce, in pisto or salmorejo, or pickled, and often grilled outdoors over atarfe, tamuja or holm oak wood. Also typical are rabbit in garlic sauce, hare with rice, lamb stew and roast suckling pig, and in pastry-making, rosquillas, flores, canutos, buñuelos and almond mantecados dipped in honey.
Sinforiano Madroñero
Historical milestone
Mayor of Badajoz until 1936, when he was shot by Francoist troops after the city fell during the Civil War. Sources link him to Sancti-Spíritus as a distinguished figure of the municipality.
Sierra del Cuchillo
Nature
Elevation near the settlement of Sancti-Spíritus that, together with the Sierra de Navaja, frames the contrast between the dry terrain and the great body of water of the nearby La Serena reservoir.