Incendio de Jerte por tropas francesas (1809) Historical milestone · Jerte, Valle del Jerte, Cáceres Image of Jerte, not of the place itself. On 21 August 1809, during the Peninsular War, between two and three thousand French soldiers burned down all the houses of Jerte. Photo: Luis Fernández García (CC BY-SA 2.5 es) What to see and do in Jerte