Título de ciudad en 1899 Historical milestone · Fuente del Maestre, Zafra - Río Bodión, Badajoz Image of Fuente del Maestre, not of the place itself. Queen regent María Cristina granted Fuente del Maestre the title of city in 1899, after it had obtained villa exenta status from Felipe III in 1606. Photo: Jmartphoto (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Fuente del Maestre