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What to see and do in Escurial

What to see and do in Escurial (Comarca de Trujillo, Cáceres): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Activities · 1 Historical milestones

When to go to Escurial: festival calendar

September: Fiesta del Cristo de la Agonía (September 14)

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What to see and do in Escurial

Escurial, villa independizada en 1627
Village
855 inhabitants (INE 2025), between 293 and 314 m in altitude, 100.71 km², 69 km from the city of Cáceres. In 1594 it was part of the Tierra de Trujillo; it became independent from the señorío of Trujillo on 14 August 1627 and obtained the rank of villa in 1678. The A-5 and EX-102 roads cross its municipal area.
Cristo de la Agonía de Escurial
Monument
17th-century polychrome carving considered a masterpiece of Spanish sculpture, venerated in the church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (16th century). The municipal area also preserves a Roman necropolis and the hermitage of El Santo.
Villazgo de Escurial
Historical milestone
On 14 August 1627 Escurial became independent from the seigniory (señorío) of Trujillo, and in 1678 it obtained villa (town) status by privilege of Carlos II.
Fiesta del Cristo de la Agonía
Activity
Festival in honor of the Cristo de la Agonía, a seventeenth-century polychrome image compared by some authors to the imagery of Montañés and Mena.