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Asedio portugués y reconstrucción de Villanueva del Fresno

Villanueva del Fresno, Llanos de Olivenza, Badajoz

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Asedio portugués y reconstrucción de Villanueva del Fresno

Historical milestone · Villanueva del Fresno, Llanos de Olivenza, Badajoz

Image of Villanueva del Fresno, not of the place itself.

The town was razed in 1646 during the Portuguese Restoration War and endured an eleven-day siege in 1643. After the peace of 1668 it was rebuilt on the opposite hillside, with the wide, straight street layout it retains today.

1643-1668

Photo: Adolfobrigido (CC BY-SA 4.0)

What to see and do in Villanueva del Fresno