Logbook · 7 places

What to see and do in Malpartida de Plasencia

What to see and do in Malpartida de Plasencia (Comarca de Monfragüe y su Entorno, Cáceres): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 2 Curiosities · 2 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of Malpartida de Plasencia

Iglesia de San Juan Bautista de Malpartida de Plasencia 100 m

Towns near Malpartida de Plasencia

Spain › Extremadura › Cáceres › Comarca de Monfragüe y su Entorno › Malpartida de Plasencia

What to see and do in Malpartida de Plasencia

Malpartida de Plasencia
Village
Municipality of 4,666 inhabitants (2025), 372.65 km² and 467 m altitude, about 8 km from Plasencia. Documented since 1494 with 180 inhabitants, it received the title of villa in 1961; its residents are called 'chinatos', and their local speech ('extremeño chinato') has been catalogued in more than 3,000 words by a local association. Part of the Monfragüe National Park lies within its territory, with a visitor center opened in 2018. The church of San Juan Bautista (16th century) was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural in 2018.
Iglesia de San Juan Bautista de Malpartida de Plasencia
Monument
Church of masonry and granite begun in the late 15th century, with a single nave of four sections, a representative example of the expansion of Extremaduran churches in the 16th century driven by economic prosperity and population growth. It was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural, Spain's highest level of heritage protection, in the category of monument in October 2018.
Origen de Malpartida de Plasencia y su ermita fundacional
Historical milestone
The settlement arose as a dependency of Plasencia shortly after the latter's founding in 1186. According to local tradition, its first settlers, who were also religiously dependent on the city, decided to become independent by transferring the image of Saint John the Baptist from the church of San Juan in Plasencia to Malpartida's original hermitage, on which the present-day parish church would later be built.
Ermitas de Malpartida de Plasencia
Monument
In addition to its parish church, Malpartida de Plasencia preserves the hermitages of San Blas, San Gregorio, San Cristóbal, and the Virgen de la Luz, the town's patron saint.
Diego Gómez de Malpartida, conquistador americano
Curiosity
The townsman Diego Gómez de Malpartida took part in 1513 in conquest expeditions in the Americas, one of the earliest documented links of the municipality with the New World.
Malpartida de Plasencia obtiene el título de villa
Historical milestone
After centuries as a hamlet dependent on Plasencia (405 households in 1791), Malpartida de Plasencia was granted the title of town in 1961.
El habla chinata de Malpartida de Plasencia
Curiosity
The people of Malpartida de Plasencia are known as 'chinatos'; the Association of Friends of the Chinato Speech works to preserve this local Extremaduran dialectal variety.