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Noche de las Gamonas

Villanueva del Fresno, Llanos de Olivenza, Badajoz

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Noche de las Gamonas

Activity · Villanueva del Fresno, Llanos de Olivenza, Badajoz

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

Villanueva del Fresno's singular Christmas tradition consisting of bonfires made with gamonas (asphodel stalks, known locally as "San José's rods"), of unknown origin and apparently unique to this town.

24 de diciembre

Photo: Adolfobrigido (CC BY-SA 4.0)

What to see and do in Villanueva del Fresno