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What to see and do in Guijo de Galisteo

What to see and do in Guijo de Galisteo (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

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What to see and do in Guijo de Galisteo

Guijo de Galisteo, junto a la Quesera del Moro
Village
1,460 inhabitants (INE 2025), 427 m in altitude, 62.28 km², with three population centers: Guijo de Galisteo, El Batán, and Valrío (the latter two being settlements built by the Instituto Nacional de Colonización in the 1950s). It was founded in the 13th century as a village of the Señorío de Galisteo under the name "Villa Silicosa"; the first documented census is from 1531-1532, with 112 inhabitants.
La Quesera del Moro de Guijo de Galisteo
Nature
Slate rock formation known as la Quesera del Moro, in a 619-hectare dehesa boyal (communal cattle-grazing woodland) watered by the Alagón river and the Grande stream.
Iglesia de San Pedro y ermita del Cristo, Guijo de Galisteo
Monument
16th-17th-century church of masonry and granite, next to a hermitage of the Cristo from the same period. The village was burned for the resistance it put up against the French invasion.