Tourist attractions Badajoz

Running for 5km, the fortifications of Elvas are one of the most accomplished examples of Portuguese military architecture of the 17C. Best explored on foot, they are constructed in accordance with the techniques of the great military engineer Vauban..

This is a small picturesque triangular-shaped square bordered by houses with wrought-iron railings and emblazoned façades. An Arab doorway flanked by two towers and surmounted by a loggia, is a relic of the early perimeter wall (10C). The 16C marble ..

The Gothic cathedral was built in the 13C, but heavily reworked in the plateresque style during the Renaissance. The fine and intense decoration of the friezes and the windows contrasts with the high, apparently fortified tower. In the middle of the ..

Set up in two 19C seigneurial mansions, the Fine Art museum provides collections of sculptures, paintings and drawings for the art lover. The 19C and the 20C. are the best represented.

The archaeological collections of the region have found sanctuary in the Roca palace (16C.). They cover a vast period stretching from prehistory or protohistory (steles, small idols) to the Middle Ages, with Islamic et medieval arts. Works coming fro..

The links between Extremadura and Latin America are well known and are very close: the emigrants have now succeeded the conquistadors, such as Cortes, Pizarro or Orellana. This museum, set up in the old Badajoz prison transformed by J.-A. Galea, wish..

This church, located south of the Largo de Santa Clara was built in the 16C in the Renaissance style. It is an octagonal building whose interior is covered with attractive multi-coloured azulejos from the 17C. The pulpit, supported by a marble colu..

This square, surrounded on the south side by the old town hall, and on the north by the old cathedral, forms a mosaic of geometrically arranged basalt, marble and sandstone paving slabs.

This cathedral, of Gothic origin, was rebuilt in the 16C in the Manueline style by Francisco Arruda. The interior, the pillars of which were decorated in the Manueline era, harbours an 18C marble tiled chancel.

This castle was built by the Moors and was strengthened in the 14 and 16C. The keep dates from the 15C. From the top of the ramparts, a vast panorama opens up over the town, encircled by fortifications, and the surrounding area dotted with olive tree..