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What to see and do in Oliva de la Frontera

What to see and do in Oliva de la Frontera (Sierra Suroeste, Badajoz): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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

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What to see and do in Oliva de la Frontera

Oliva de la Frontera
Village
Municipality of 4,907 inhabitants (INE 2025) at 373 m altitude, of Roman origin (Cesaróbriga) and later under Templar control; it achieved municipal independence in 1788. It was devastated during the Portuguese Restoration War (1654) and the War of the Spanish Succession (1705), and reached over 13,000 inhabitants around 1950.
Santuario de la Virgen de Gracia
Monument
Baroque sanctuary with a tower completed in 1772, housing a Romanesque-Gothic alabaster image that tradition attributes to the Templars around 1230.
Pasión Viviente de Oliva de la Frontera
Activity
Holy Week re-enactment declared a Fiesta de Interés Turístico Nacional in 2018.
Ermita de San Pedro (Oliva de la Frontera)
Monument
A 17th-century chapel of recognized merit, notable for its spacious vaulted chancel.
Monumento a los Contrabandistas
Monument
Located at the start of Calle San Pedro, next to the chapel of the same name, it depicts two people crossing the border with Portugal and recalls those who took up smuggling in the postwar years to obtain food during times of scarcity.
El teniente Seixas y los refugiados españoles en Barrancos
Historical milestone
During the Civil War, the Portuguese lieutenant António Augusto de Seixas, commanding the Guarda Fiscal of Safara, organized, without his government's knowledge, a refugee camp in nearby Barrancos (Portugal) that saved the lives of more than 400 people fleeing Francoist repression. In 2010, Oliva de la Frontera and Barrancos each dedicated a monument to him.