De encomienda templaria a villa exenta Historical milestone · Atalaya, Zafra - Río Bodión, Badajoz Image of Atalaya, not of the place itself. The settlement belonged to the Templars until their dissolution in 1312, then became a hamlet dependent on Burguillos del Cerro, and reached the status of villa exenta in the 17th century. Photo: NasheSlovo (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Atalaya