Fundación del pueblo de colonización de Guadiana Historical milestone · Guadiana, Tierra de Badajoz, Badajoz Image of Guadiana, not of the place itself. The settlement was built in the late 1940s as a colonisation village of the National Institute of Colonisation; 276 settlers arrived in 1950 and the village was officially opened in 1951. 1950-1951 Photo: Nelso Silva (CC BY-SA 2.0) What to see and do in Guadiana