Valverde de Mérida Village · Valverde de Mérida, Tierra de Mérida - Vegas Bajas, Badajoz Municipality of 1,002 inhabitants (2025) at 267 m altitude, on a broad bend of the Guadiana about 10 km southeast of Mérida. Resettled under the 1235 charter of Mérida, it bought its independence as a villa in 1630 for 16,000 ducats. Parish church of Santa Marina, the local patron saint (18 July). Photo: Adolfobrigido (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Valverde de Mérida