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What to see and do in Galisteo

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

1 Villages · 3 Monuments

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What to see and do in Galisteo

Galisteo, capital de un señorío entre 1229 y 1837
Village
849 inhabitants (2025), 346 m in altitude, 65.47 km². It was the capital of the Señorío de Galisteo between 1229 and 1837, on which towns such as Pozuelo de Zarzón, Guijo de Galisteo, Montehermoso, and Carcaboso depended.
Muralla almohade y torre del homenaje de Galisteo
Monument
Almohad-style wall surrounding the town, with three gates (del Rey, de la Villa, and de Santa María), and a 14th-century keep with an octagonal pyramidal plan. The church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción preserves a 13th-century semicylindrical Mudéjar apse.
Muralla almohade de Galisteo
Monument
Walled enclosure of Almohad origin, built between the 9th and 14th centuries with rammed earth, lime and river cobblestones from the Jerte; about 1,200 meters in perimeter and up to 11 meters high in the Islamic period. It preserves the gates of Santa María, del Rey and de la Villa. Declared a Bien de Interés Cultural in 1996.
Torre Picota de Galisteo
Monument
Former Islamic alcazaba transformed into a Christian castle, from which the Torre Picota rises. Next to it, the Mudéjar-Romanesque church, dating from the 12th century, preserves a two-section brick apse.