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What to see and do in Villar de Plasencia

What to see and do in Villar de Plasencia (Trasierra-Tierras de Granadilla, Cáceres): 5 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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

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What to see and do in Villar de Plasencia

Villar de Plasencia
Village
Municipality of 224 inhabitants (2025), 25.2 km² and 470 m altitude. Its 16th-century church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción preserves late Gothic elements, with a polygonal chancel and elongated nave. The railway arrived in the 19th century, although passenger service ended in 1985.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Monument
16th-century church with late Gothic features, commissioned by Bishop Gutierre de Vargas Carvajal in 1524.
Ermitas de San Bartolomé y San Antonio de Padua
Monument
Baroque hermitage of Saint Bartholomew, the village's patron saint, with a vaulted presbytery, and the hermitage of Saint Anthony of Padua next to a bridge built in 1792.
Villar de Plasencia, cedida al obispado en 1184
Historical milestone
After the Christian reconquest under Alfonso VIII in the 12th century, Villar de Plasencia was resettled by people from León and Asturias; in 1184 Alfonso VIII granted the town and all its lands to the diocese of Plasencia.
Vinos de pitarra de Villar de Plasencia
Food and drink
The patronal festival of Saint Bartholomew, around 24 August, includes culinary competitions and tastings of the town's traditional pitarra wines.