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What to see and do in Santa Marta

What to see and do in Santa Marta (Tierra de Barros, Badajoz): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Santa Marta

Santa Marta de los Barros
Village
Municipality of 4,201 inhabitants (2025) in the heart of Tierra de Barros. The present-day town originates from the settlement founded in the mid-16th century by Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, first Duke of Feria.
Iglesia parroquial de Santa Marta y su retablo de 1761
Monument
Building originating in the 15th century, raised over an earlier hermitage, with a 1761 Baroque altarpiece by Agustín Núñez Barrero.
Minas de vanadio de Santa Marta
Historical milestone
Between 1870 and 1912 Santa Marta de los Barros was home to one of the largest vanadium mining operations in Europe, a period of mining prosperity that raised its population to nearly 7,000 inhabitants.
El tranvía de Santa Marta
Curiosity
An old tram bought in Madrid in 1976 and restored is preserved today in Santa Marta de los Barros as a symbol and tourist image of the town.