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What to see and do in Los Santos de Maimona

What to see and do in Los Santos de Maimona (Zafra - Río Bodión, Badajoz): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 5 Monuments · 1 Historical milestones

Towns near Los Santos de Maimona

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What to see and do in Los Santos de Maimona

Los Santos de Maimona
Village
Municipality of 8,088 inhabitants (INE 2025) at 529 m altitude, on the Vía de la Plata. The place name recalls the Berber clan Banu Maimun, settled around the year 712; the Christian Reconquest arrived in 1240 under Fernando III, and the town passed to the Order of Santiago. Its official name changed from 'Los Santos' to 'Los Santos de Maimona' in 1916.
Palacio de la Encomienda de Los Santos de Maimona
Monument
Palace built between 1515 and 1550, one of the few surviving examples of commandery architecture of the Order of Santiago.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles
Monument
16th-century church in Los Santos de Maimona.
Convento de la Concepción
Monument
Renaissance-style building founded in the late 16th century by Alonso de Carvajal.
Ermita de San Lorenzo
Monument
Hermitage built around 1717 by the brothers of the Cofradía de San Lorenzo.
Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Estrella
Monument
Single-nave sanctuary that at one time functioned as an old people's shelter and hospital.
El nombre "de Maimona"
Historical milestone
The municipality, occupied in the year 712 by the Banu Maimun tribe, officially changed its name from "Los Santos" to "Los Santos de Maimona" in 1916.