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What to see and do in Guijo de Coria

What to see and do in Guijo de Coria (Valle del Alagón, Cáceres): 3 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature

Towns near Guijo de Coria

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What to see and do in Guijo de Coria

Guijo de Coria, al sur de la sierra de Gata
Village
180 inhabitants (2025), at 444-445 m in altitude, 74.75 km², about 18 km from Coria. Its population has fallen from 966 inhabitants in 1930 to barely a fraction of that figure today.
Iglesia de San Esteban de Guijo de Coria
Monument
Built for the most part during the 16th century by Pedro de Ibarra, master builder for the bishopric and the Order of Alcántara; it fuses 15th-century Gothic with mid-16th-century Renaissance style. Its Renaissance tower, square in plan and built of ashlar, rises in three stories of decreasing height.
Laguna de la Ermita del Consuelo de Guijo de Coria
Nature
Small lagoon next to the Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación (or del Consuelo) of Guijo de Coria, with its eastern and southern banks covered in trees; the construction of the surrounding site dates back to 1770.