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What to see and do in Nogales

What to see and do in Nogales (Llanos de Olivenza, Badajoz): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

When to go to Nogales: festival calendar

July: Fiestas de San Cristóbal (July 10)

How far each place is from the centre of Nogales

Castillo de Nogales 13 km

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What to see and do in Nogales

Nogales
Village
Municipality of 632 inhabitants (INE 2025) at 372 m altitude. Arabic sources mention a fortified settlement (hisn Nuqalis) around the year 876. After the conquest of the taifa of Badajoz by the Kingdom of León in 1230, it passed to that kingdom; in 1448 the first Count of Feria refounded Nogales at its present site.
Castillo de Nogales
Monument
Castle built by the Figueroa family between 1456 and 1471, with walls more than 2 meters thick and a tower 35 meters high.
Iglesia de San Cristóbal
Monument
15th-century church in rubble masonry and brick, with a proto-Gothic doorway and a semicircular ashlar apse. It preserves a classicist high altarpiece (1675-1683) by Juan de Vargas with paintings by Tomás Rodríguez.
Ermita de las Santas Justa y Rufina
Monument
Rectangular hermitage with a two-tiered bell gable, in the municipality of Nogales.
Refundación de Nogales
Historical milestone
With Andalusi roots documented since the 9th century and incorporated into the Crown of León in 1230, Nogales was refounded at its current site in 1448 by the first Count of Feria.
Fiestas de San Cristóbal
Activity
Nogales's patron saint festival, complemented by the Feria del Emigrante in mid-August.
José Antonio Ramírez Lozano y José del Castillo Domínguez
Curiosity
Two writers born in Nogales: José Antonio Ramírez Lozano (1950) and José del Castillo Domínguez (1971).