Carta puebla de Calamonte Historical milestone · Calamonte, Tierra de Mérida - Vegas Bajas, Badajoz Image of Calamonte, not of the place itself. Calamonte arose as a village under the Order of Santiago through a carta puebla (settlement charter) granted in 1365 by Vasco Rodríguez de Cornago. 1365 Photo: David Perez (CC BY 4.0) What to see and do in Calamonte