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What to see and do in Brozas

What to see and do in Brozas (Comarca de Alcántara, Cáceres): 5 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Brozas

Brozas
Village
Municipality of the Tajo-Salor comarca, whose castle—also known as that of the Gran Encomienda of the Order of Alcántara and popularly called "el Palacio"—was built by that order in the 14th century, although its present appearance comes from a 16th-17th-century rebuilding.
Castillo de Brozas
Monument
Castle built by the Order of Alcántara in the 14th century, its current appearance the result of a 16th-17th-century reconstruction; it stands southwest of the church of Santa María.
Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor
Monument
16th-century church, one of the largest in Extremadura, declared a Bien de Interés Cultural.
Convento de la Encarnación
Monument
Convent founded in the late 16th century by testamentary disposition of Frey Alonso Flores, prior of Magacela of the Order of Alcántara and a native of Brozas; the Baroque church and outbuildings were built in the first third of the 17th century. It was inhabited by Poor Clare nuns until the 1835 disentailment following Mendizábal's confiscation.
Brozas, Conjunto Histórico
Historical milestone
Decree 148/2016, of 13 September, declared the entire historic-artistic heritage of the town of Brozas a Bien de Interés Cultural, with the category of Conjunto Histórico (historic ensemble), protecting both the medieval town center and the notable buildings scattered across the municipal area.