Heritage towns in Badajoz
14 towns in this province.
A walled Extremaduran town whose castle, ducal palace, and Gothic church trace six centuries of power, from the medieval frontier between rival Islamic kingdoms to a launching point for Spanish conquistadors in the Americas.
A Templar stronghold in Badajoz whose medieval walls, baroque tower-tops, and layers of Roman, Visigothic, and Moorish history make it one of Extremadura's most richly stratified towns.
The Roman capital of ancient Lusitania, Mérida sits on the Guadiana river in Extremadura with a depth of human occupation stretching back to the Palaeolithic, and a monumental core that still stands.
A Portuguese-built frontier town on the Guadiana river in Badajoz, its medieval alcázar, Manueline façades and star-shaped bastions telling six centuries of contested sovereignty between Castile and Portugal.
A frontier stronghold on the Portuguese border, its medieval castle, Gothic-Jewish quarter and ancient walls telling the story of centuries of conquest and reconquest in the heart of Extremadura.
Once the most powerful administrative seat of the Order of Santiago in Extremadura, Llerena holds a baroque church, a mudéjar palace, and a storied plaza in the heart of Badajoz province.
A Templar castle enclosing a bullring, three medieval parish churches rich with Renaissance retablos, and a Celtic oppidum beneath its feet, Fregenal de la Sierra carries 3,000 years of Extremaduran history in one compact Badajoz hill town.
A Badajoz hill town shaped by Roman smelters, medieval Muslim culture, and a castle built by Moorish hands, whose expelled Morisco community went on to found a pirate republic on the coast of Morocco.
A Roman theatre, a medieval castle, and a broad bridge spanning the Guadiana mark this Extremaduran town in Badajoz as one of the most layered archaeological sites in southern Spain.
A former stronghold of the Order of Santiago in Extremadura's Badajoz province, where a late-Gothic parish church, a Moorish-era fountain and surviving stretches of medieval wall mark a town that earned city status in 1899.
A medieval hill town in Badajoz whose castle, ancient stone pillars, and position on the Via de la Plata trace six centuries of Templar rule, noble power, and cross-border war.
A hilltop castle town in Badajoz, Extremadura, whose medieval fortress once served as the power base of the Dukes of Feria and still dominates the skyline today.
A hilltop town in Badajoz whose prehistoric dolmens, Bronze Age stelae, and medieval castle trace human settlement from the third millennium BC to the age of the military orders.
A frontier town in Badajoz with roots stretching back through Moorish fortress, Roman municipality, and megalithic burial mounds, where the castle hilltop that first drew settlers still rises above the present-day streets.