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What to see and do in Lobón

What to see and do in Lobón (Tierra de Mérida - Vegas Bajas, Badajoz): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of Lobón

Antiguo convento franciscano de Lobón 550 m

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What to see and do in Lobón

Lobón
Village
Municipality of 2,756 inhabitants (2025) at 253 m altitude on a rise in the Guadiana valley, with occupation documented since the Mesolithic. Some old chronicles identify it, without definitive archaeological certainty, with the Greco-Roman city of 'Lycon.' After the 13th-century reconquest it passed to the Order of Santiago, and in the mid-16th century Philip II sold the town to the Countess of Montijo.
Iglesia de la Asunción
Monument
Parish church dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, the religious center of the municipality.
De la encomienda santiaguista a los condes de Montijo
Historical milestone
Lobón belonged as an encomienda to the Order of Santiago and had a strategically valuable fortress, used in various medieval conflicts. In the sixteenth century Felipe II sold the town to the Condesa de Montijo.
Antiguo convento franciscano de Lobón
Monument
Convent that housed a notable image of the Immaculate Conception, venerated in the town.