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What to see and do in Aldea del Cano

What to see and do in Aldea del Cano (Comarca de Cáceres, Cáceres): 3 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Aldea del Cano

Aldea del Cano y la quema de El Tuero
Village
609 inhabitants (INE 2025), 391 m altitude (between 360 and 460 m depending on the area), 28.69 km². Documented from July 18, 1320 in the founding document of the entailed estate (mayorazgo) of Blasco Muñoz; in 1594 it belonged to the Tierra de Cáceres.
El Tuero de Aldea del Cano
Curiosity
Tradition of burning large holm oak logs on Christmas Eve, carried out by the quintos (the village's young men of conscription age); it is documented in travelers' accounts as early as 1790.
Castro romano de Ad Sorore y necrópolis visigoda
Historical milestone
The municipal area preserves remains of the Roman settlement of Ad Sorore, Visigothic anthropomorphic tombs, and a dolmen 1.5 km north of the village, as well as Mayoralgo Castle.