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What to see and do in Calera de León

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

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Activities · 2 Historical milestones

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September: Romería de Tentudía (September 8)

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What to see and do in Calera de León

Calera de León
Village
Municipality of 912 inhabitants (INE 2025) at 710 m altitude, called 'Al-Caxera' in the Arab period.
Origen del nombre de Tentudía
Historical milestone
Tradition places here, in the 13th century, a battle fought by the Master of the Order of Santiago, Pelay Pérez Correa, against a Muslim army during Fernando III's campaign to conquer Sevilla; according to legend, the sun stopped in the sky ('detente, sol' or 'ten, sol, día', roughly 'stop, sun' or 'sun, hold the day') to allow the Christian victory, the origin of the place name of the entire Tentudía comarca. A church was built to commemorate this, raised to the rank of monastery by Pope Leo X in 1514.
Monasterio de Tentudía
Monument
Gothic-Mudejar-style monastery that preserves a 1518 ceramic altarpiece by Niculoso Pisano, made up of 640 tiles.
Romería de Tentudía
Activity
Pilgrimage-festival to the monastery of Tentudía with more than 700 years of history, held on September 8.
Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol de Calera de León
Monument
A 15th-century late Gothic temple with a single nave and a star-ribbed vault. Its main altarpiece, the work of Eduardo Acosta, includes eight panels with the evangelists and scenes of the Battle of Tentudía, crowned by an equestrian figure of Santiago.
Colegio de Humanidades de Calera de León
Historical milestone
The Order of Santiago moved to Calera de León, then called Al-Caxera in the Arab period, a school of humanities from León, which became the most prestigious educational institution in Extremadura until the mid-19th century.
Pico Tentudía
Nature
At 1,104 meters, Mount Tentudía, located within the municipal term of Calera de León, is the highest point in the province of Badajoz.