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What to see and do in Cabeza la Vaca

What to see and do in Cabeza la Vaca (Tentudía, Badajoz): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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

When to go to Cabeza la Vaca: festival calendar

November: Feria de la Castaña (early November)

How far each place is from the centre of Cabeza la Vaca

Diego María de la Tordoya 150 m

Towns near Cabeza la Vaca

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What to see and do in Cabeza la Vaca

Cabeza la Vaca
Village
Municipality of 1,257 inhabitants (INE 2025) at 759 m altitude, in the western foothills of the Sierra Morena; with parts of its territory above 1,000 m, it is cited as the highest settlement in Baja Extremadura (Lower Extremadura). Its origin goes back to a 2nd-century Roman villa, with later Visigothic settlement and Christian repopulation around 1274.
Diego María de la Tordoya
Curiosity
According to local history as recorded by the town council itself, Diego María de la Tordoya, a native of Cabeza la Vaca and a soldier in the Granada war, sailed with Columbus on his first voyage in 1492 and died at Fort Navidad, on La Española, along with the other men left there. A street in the village bears his name.
Cruz de la Fuente de Abajo y rollo de Cabeza la Vaca
Monument
The Cruz de la Fuente de Abajo, in late Gothic style and dated to 1339, and the 18th-century jurisdictional pillory in the Plaza de España are minor pieces of Cabeza la Vaca's civil heritage, along with its old bullring.
La Pisada del Caballo
Nature
A legendary spot in Cabeza la Vaca with a horseshoe-shaped mark on the rock next to iron-rich waters, deep in the Sierra de Tentudía, at 759 meters altitude.
El hundimiento de la Buitrera
Historical milestone
The Lisbon earthquake caused part of a hill in Cabeza la Vaca, the Buitrera, to collapse, from which a large amount of water gushed out.
Feria de la Castaña
Activity
A fair dedicated to the chestnut held in Cabeza la Vaca in early November.