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What to see and do in Casas del Castañar

What to see and do in Casas del Castañar (Valle del Jerte, Cáceres): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 2 Historical milestones

When to go to Casas del Castañar: festival calendar

August: Feria y fiesta de San Roque (Casas del Castañar) (feria el 8 de agosto, fiesta el 16 de agosto)

How far each place is from the centre of Casas del Castañar

Ruinas de La Asperilla (Casas del Castañar) 2.1 km

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What to see and do in Casas del Castañar

Casas del Castañar
Village
Municipality of 583 inhabitants (2025) at 675 m altitude, about 20 km from Plasencia. It emerged in the 15th century from chestnut-drying huts that gradually became permanent dwellings, and in the 18th century it absorbed the former settlement of La Asperilla. It preserves the church of San Juan Bautista (16th century) and five singular chestnut trees listed by the Junta de Extremadura.
Ruinas de La Asperilla (Casas del Castañar)
Monument
Remains of the depopulated settlement of La Asperilla, the medieval origin of the present-day village, with the remains of an old church, walls of former buildings, and several pillars believed to have belonged to a Roman bridge.
Riscos de Villavieja
Historical milestone
The Riscos de Villavieja preserve the remains of a Celtic hillfort settlement (citania) in the territory of Casas del Castañar.
Castaños singulares de Casas del Castañar
Nature
Five chestnut trees in the municipal territory have been declared singular trees by the Junta de Extremadura.
Traslado del núcleo desde La Asperilla (siglo XV)
Historical milestone
The present-day settlement of Casas del Castañar arose in the second half of the 15th century from chestnut-drying houses, after the abandonment of the old settlement of La Asperilla, originally populated during the Reconquista under Alfonso VIII.
Museo etnográfico Marceliano Sayáns Castaños
Curiosity
Ethnographic museum opened in 2007 dedicated to Dr. Marceliano Sayáns Castaños, a native of the municipality.
Feria y fiesta de San Roque (Casas del Castañar)
Activity
Fair and patron saint festival of Saint Roch.