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What to see and do in Moraleja

What to see and do in Moraleja (Sierra de Gata, Cáceres): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Activities

When to go to Moraleja: festival calendar

May: Romería de la Virgen de la Vega (primer domingo de mayo; 13 de junio)

How far each place is from the centre of Moraleja

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What to see and do in Moraleja

Moraleja, junto al embalse de Borbollón
Village
6,562 inhabitants (INE 2025), 261 m in altitude, 124.54 km². The place name is documented in 1226 as "villam quae dicitur Moralegia," in an agreement between the Order of Alcántara and the bishopric of Coria. In 2009 the settlement of Vegaviana became independent as its own municipality, reducing Moraleja's total population.
Rollo Picota de Moraleja
Monument
Rollo picota (a stone pillory marking a town's jurisdictional rank), erected in 1603. The church of Nuestra Señora de la Piedad dates from the 16th-17th centuries; the hermitage of las Angustias dates from 1787, and that of the Virgen de la Vega was renovated in 1961.
Romería de la Virgen de la Vega
Activity
Pilgrimage to the patron saint, the Virgen de la Vega, on the first Sunday of May. Moraleja also holds its traditional fair on 13 June.
Casa-Palacio de la Encomienda de Moraleja
Monument
Palace belonging to the Order of Alcántara since the 14th century that once housed King Felipe II.
Embalse de Borbollón
Nature
Reservoir built in the 1950s next to Moraleja, whose opening doubled the town's population by around 1960 with the arrival of workers and settlers.
Ermita de las Angustias de Moraleja
Monument
Baroque hermitage with a square plan covered by a hemispherical dome, built in 1787.