San Martín de Trevejo

The town's original name was San Martín de los Vinos; after a royal charter in 1230 it became Trevejo. It served for centuries as the capital of the Corregimiento de Jálama and as the seat of a commander of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. The area was fought over repeatedly during the medieval Leonese campaigns, and it was the later repopulation of these lands — carried out by settlers from the kingdoms of León and Galicia — that is thought to have given rise to a fala, a rare local language still spoken today in San Martín and the two neighbouring villages.

In 2019 the town joined the association of Los Pueblos Más Bonitos de España.

The parish church of San Martín de Tours has three naves and holds three panels by the Extremaduran painter Luis de Morales, known as "el Divino." The bell tower on the main square carries an imperial coat of arms. The convent of San Miguel was founded, by tradition, on the recommendation of St Francis of Assisi, and its current building was authorised by Pope Nicholas II in 1454. The porticoed Plaza Mayor has a central fountain.

Scattered through the old town are several manor houses, including the Casa del Comendador and the Casa de los Ojesto. Out in the surrounding land, rock-cut wine vats, old ice stores, and shepherds' stone huts are still visible. A 12th-century oil mill and adjacent winepress once formed an Oil and Wine Museum, but it is currently closed.