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What to see and do in Guijo de Granadilla

What to see and do in Guijo de Granadilla (Trasierra-Tierras de Granadilla, Cáceres): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities

When to go to Guijo de Granadilla: festival calendar

April: Romería de la Virgen de Hojaranzo (last Saturday of April)

How far each place is from the centre of Guijo de Granadilla

Ruinas romanas de Cáparra 6.1 km

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What to see and do in Guijo de Granadilla

Guijo de Granadilla
Village
Municipality of 497 inhabitants (2025) at 390 m altitude, about 32 km from Plasencia. It was the residence of the poet José María Gabriel y Galán, whose house is today a museum. Within its territory, shared with Oliva de Plasencia, lie the Roman ruins of Cáparra.
Ruinas romanas de Cáparra
Monument
Roman city between Guijo de Granadilla and Oliva de Plasencia, raised to municipium status (Municipium Flavium Caparense) by Emperor Vespasian in the year 74. It preserves Spain's only tetrapylon (a four-fronted arch), from the Flavian period, measuring about 8.6 by 7.35 m with an original height of 13.3 m. It was declared a monumento histórico-artístico on June 3, 1931 (today a Bien de Interés Cultural, code RI-51-0000484).
Ermita de Hojaranzo
Monument
18th-century hermitage built reusing ashlar blocks from the Roman site of Cáparra; it preserves a funerary inscription from the Roman city.
Ermita del Cristo de la Misericordia
Monument
Hermitage housing an early-16th-century carving of Christ that inspired the poet José María Gabriel y Galán's work "El Cristu Benditu".
José María Gabriel y Galán, vecino de Guijo de Granadilla
Curiosity
The Extremaduran poet José María Gabriel y Galán lived and died in Guijo de Granadilla; his former house is now a museum dedicated to him.
Romería de la Virgen de Hojaranzo
Activity
Pilgrimage to the Hojaranzo hermitage, held on the last Saturday of April; the mid-May cultural week closes with a poetry event in tribute to Gabriel y Galán.