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What to see and do in Valverde de la Vera

What to see and do in Valverde de la Vera (La Vera, Cáceres): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 2 Activities · 1 Historical milestones

When to go to Valverde de la Vera: festival calendar

May: Día de las Cruces de Valverde de la Vera (May 3)

How far each place is from the centre of Valverde de la Vera

Iglesia de Santa María de Fuentes Claras 100 m

Towns near Valverde de la Vera

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What to see and do in Valverde de la Vera

Valverde de la Vera
Village
Municipality of 428 inhabitants (2025), 47 km² and 509 m altitude. It received the title of villa in 1309 and from the 15th century was under the rule of the Zúñiga family. It preserves the castle of the Counts of Nieva (13th-14th centuries) and the church of Santa María de Fuentes Claras (15th-16th centuries). In 2021 it joined the association Los Pueblos más Bonitos de España.
Los Empalaos de Valverde de la Vera
Activity
Penitential ritual of Holy Thursday and Good Friday: the empalaos walk barefoot through the village, their arms tied to a wooden yoke on their back and wearing a crown of thorns, visiting fourteen crosses; they are accompanied by women dressed as penitents. There is a Museo del Empalao (Empalao Museum) dedicated to the tradition.
Castillo de los Condes de Nieva
Monument
A 13th-14th-century fortress that dominated the settlement of Valverde de la Vera, held by the Zúñiga family from the 15th century onward.
Iglesia de Santa María de Fuentes Claras
Monument
A 15th-16th-century parish church that houses the tombs of Diego López de Zúñiga and Leonor Niño de Portugal.
Condado de Nieva
Historical milestone
Sancho IV granted the lordship of Valverde to Nuño Pérez de Monroy (1284-1295), and Ferdinand IV confirmed it as a town in 1309; in 1473 Diego López de Zúñiga received the title of Count of Nieva.
Día de las Cruces de Valverde de la Vera
Activity
A day of decoration and religious celebration of the fourteen crosses along the route of the Empalaos.