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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 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.

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.

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.