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What to see and do in Aceituna

What to see and do in Aceituna (Valle del Alagón, Cáceres): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Historical milestones

Towns near Aceituna

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What to see and do in Aceituna

Aceituna, aldea del Señorío de Galisteo
Village
569 inhabitants (INE 2025), 472 m in altitude, 40.08 km². It was a village of the Señorío de Galisteo from the 13th century and became independent as a municipality in 1837, after that señorío was dissolved. The municipal area preserves remains of a Roman villa from the 1st-4th centuries at Los Monesterios and inscriptions from the time of Vespasian.
Iglesia de Santa Marina de Aceituna
Monument
Gothic church with a semicylindrical apse and a free-standing bell gable; next to it, the 16th-century hermitage of El Cristo, and a monument dedicated to the local tamborileros (drum-and-fife players).
Origen medieval de Aceituna
Historical milestone
Founded in the 13th century as a hamlet of the lordship of Galisteo, it became an independent municipality in 1837.
Dehesa de Aceituna
Nature
775-hectare holm oak dehesa in the term of Aceituna, listed as a Site of Community Importance for its population of Iberian lynx; a black stork nest has also been documented there.