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What to see and do in Ladrillar

What to see and do in Ladrillar (Las Hurdes, Cáceres): 8 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 2 Curiosities · 2 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of Ladrillar

Alquería de Riomalo de Arriba 2.7 km
Molino harinero del río Mestas 8 km

Towns near Ladrillar

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What to see and do in Ladrillar

Ladrillar
Village
The northernmost municipality in Extremadura, with 177 inhabitants (2025) at 784 m altitude, made up of the settlements of Ladrillar, Cabezo, Las Mestas and Riomalo de Arriba. It was formerly called 'El Adrial' and was a hamlet of the municipality of Cabezo until around 1920, when it took the name Ladrillar. In the mid-19th century it had around 234 inhabitants; its residents are nicknamed 'veleguines'.
Alquería de Riomalo de Arriba
Monument
Small hamlet of fewer than ten inhabitants, an example of Hurdano 'black architecture': square, single-story houses built of slate, schist, mud, and wood, with rounded corners and a single door as the only opening to the outside. In November 2025 the Junta de Extremadura began proceedings to declare its historic area a Bien de Interés Cultural, Spain's highest level of heritage protection, with the category of Lugar de Interés Etnológico.
Las alquerías hurdanas, documentadas desde 1192
Historical milestone
The presence of Las Hurdes's hamlets is documented as far back as the Reconquista: their names appear in 1192 in a donation document granted by Alfonso IX to the see of Santiago de Compostela.
De El Adrial a Ladrillar
Historical milestone
The municipality, formerly known as 'El Adrial' and dependent on the council of El Cabezo, adopted its current name, Ladrillar, around 1920.
Los veleguines
Curiosity
A traditional nickname for the townspeople of Ladrillar, derived from the Latin 'bellum' (war), popularly alluding to a restless or combative character.
Molino harinero del río Mestas
Monument
An old flour mill powered by the waters of the Mestas river as it passes through Ladrillar, evidence of the traditional subsistence economy of the Hurdes hamlets.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores (Ladrillar)
Monument
The parish church of Ladrillar, dedicated to Nuestra Señora de los Dolores.
Ladrillar, municipio más septentrional de Extremadura
Curiosity
Ladrillar has the distinction of being the northernmost municipality in all of Extremadura, bordering the province of Salamanca.