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What to see and do in Herreruela

What to see and do in Herreruela (Comarca de Valencia de Alcántara, Cáceres): 5 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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

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What to see and do in Herreruela

Herreruela
Village
Municipality of the Sierra de San Pedro - Los Baldíos comarca, with 321 inhabitants, located at an average altitude of 326 m, in a territory that descends from the 644 m ridges of the Sierra de San Pedro down to 200 m next to the Salor river. Like most towns in the comarca, it was originally a fief of the Order of Alcántara.
Tumbas antropomorfas y puente sobre el Salor en Herreruela
Historical milestone
Herreruela's historical heritage includes anthropomorphic tombs carved into rock and a stone bridge over the river Salor, evidence of occupation of the territory since medieval times, when in 1594 it formed part of the Tierra de Alcántara, in the province of Trujillo.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación de Herreruela
Monument
18th-century parish church built over an earlier 16th-century building, in local stone, located in the Plaza de España of Herreruela.
Las dehesas de Cantillana, Turuñuelo y Piejunta
Historical milestone
Three large dehesas (grazing estates) -Cantillana, Turuñuelo and Piejunta- came to occupy 90% of Herreruela's municipal area, leaving most of the townspeople with practically no land of their own, under a system of ownership inherited from its time as a commandery of the Order of Alcántara.
Calle Princesa y el paso de la infanta María de Portugal
Curiosity
Calle Princesa in Herreruela owes its name to the fact that Infanta María of Portugal lodged there in 1543, during her journey to marry the then Prince Felipe (the future Felipe II).