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What to see and do in Botija

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

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature

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What to see and do in Botija

Botija, junto al castro de Villasviejas del Tamuja
Village
184 inhabitants (INE 2025), 412 m in altitude, 18.74 km², 32 km from the city of Cáceres. The definitive reconquest of the place is dated to 1230, after which it came under the Order of Santiago; in 1236 it received a settlement charter as part of Montánchez and its Tierra.
Iglesia de Santa María Magdalena de Botija
Monument
17th-century masonry church reinforced with buttresses, with Baroque altarpieces, carvings, and oil paintings. Nearby is the Villasviejas del Tamuja hillfort.
Dehesa boyal de Botija
Nature
One of the most important dehesas boyales (communal cattle-grazing woodlands) in the comarca, with Mediterranean scrub and holm oaks; it is home to rabbits, hares, wild boar, and pairs of black stork, a species considered vulnerable on the Iberian Peninsula.