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What to see and do in Santa Cruz de la Sierra

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

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Convento agustino de San Joaquín 200 m

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What to see and do in Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Village
Municipality in the Trujillo comarca, about 62 km from the provincial capital, marked by the passage of successive cultures (Celts, Romans, Visigoths, Arabs and Christians) on the hill overlooking the town.
Castro y castillo de Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Monument
Atop the hill overlooking the town, about 62 km from Cáceres, remains survive of a hillfort occupied by pre-Celtic, Celtiberian, Lusitanian and Vettone peoples, along with a necropolis and a castle from the Muslim period with its cistern at the highest point. At the foot of the hill lie the ruins of a 17th-century Augustinian convent.
Convento agustino de San Joaquín
Monument
Augustinian convent founded in 1629 by Juan de Chaves y Mendoza, with a Latin-cross floor plan, a semi-spherical dome on pendentives, and a granite carving of Saint Augustine dating from around 1700.
Ñuflo de Chaves
Historical milestone
Conquistador born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, who sailed for America on 2 December 1540 and founded the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Alto Perú (present-day Bolivia) on 26 February 1561; he was killed on 5 October 1568.