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What to see and do in Membrío

What to see and do in Membrío (Comarca de Valencia de Alcántara, Cáceres): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Activities · 2 Historical milestones · 1 Food and drink

Towns near Membrío

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What to see and do in Membrío

Membrío
Village
Municipality of the Sierra de San Pedro - Los Baldíos comarca, whose most notable monument is the parish church of Nuestra Señora de Gracia, patron saint of the town, built in the 18th century of ashlar and rubble masonry.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Gracia de Membrío
Monument
Membrío's main religious monument, a spacious 16th-century church with an altarpiece by the Alcántara-born artist Sebastián de Paz, dated 1633.
Antiguas minas de oro de Membrío
Historical milestone
At the confluence of the rivers Salor and Tagus there were gold mines worked throughout history, which gave Membrío a certain reputation beyond Spain.
Las cuatro dehesas-encomiendas de la Orden de Alcántara en Membrío
Historical milestone
Membrío belonged to the Order of Alcántara, which organized its territory into four dehesa-commanderies — Clavería, Castillo, Solana, and Parral — closely tied to the town's historical economic development.
Fiesta de San Bernabé de Membrío
Activity
Festival of Membrío's patron saint, San Bernabé, with the image brought down from its hermitage to the parish church, a novena, procession, mass and communal meal before returning the saint to his hermitage.
El Domingo Gordo y la olla de coles con buche
Food and drink
The Sunday before Carnival, called "Domingo Gordo" (Fat Sunday), it is customary in many Membrío households to prepare a pot of cabbage with buche (a traditional sausage stuffed with offal) and invite close family to eat.