Almendralejo, ciudad del Romanticismo Historical milestone · Almendralejo, Tierra de Barros, Badajoz Image of Almendralejo, not of the place itself. The city claims the title of 'City of Romanticism' as the birthplace of two literary figures of Spanish Romanticism: the poet José de Espronceda and the writer Carolina Coronado. Photo: stavros1 (CC BY 3.0) What to see and do in Almendralejo