Monastery of Tentudía, Calera de León

CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA MAGDALENA Olivenza

Manuelino style in its purest form

A beautiful jewel of the Portuguese Manueline style built in the 16th century as a temple and residence for the Bishops of Ceuta. Its false battlements, pinnacles, gargoyles and the powerful columns

turned into thick ship

ropes, an impressive altarpiece, and its naturalistic decoration and historic tiles are striking.

If you are lucky enough to enter this temple around noon you will enjoy the multi-coloured light provided by its stained glass windows creating a magical atmosphere.

CRISTO DE LA VICTORIA Serradilla Baroque devotion

Life-size image carved in 1630 by the image maker Domingo de Rioja that can be found on the main altarpiece of the church.

Miraculous powers are attributed to him and thousands are the pilgrims who come to visit El Cristo de Serradilla.

The temple that bears his name is Baroque and of great beauty. It is located in the heart of Monfragüe National Park.

The monastery of Cristo de la Victoria houses one of the most important pictorial collections of the 16th and 17th centuries in the country.

EL SAGRADO MANTEL Coria

Relic of Christianity

This textile piece is in Coria’s Cathedral Museum of Coria.

Tradition tells that it is of the tablecloth used in the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the twelve apostles.

It is made from white linen thread with indigo blue decorative bands and measures 4.42 metres in length and 92 centimetres in width.

From 1494 to 1791, every 3rd of May, it was publicly displayed before the many pilgrims who came with faith to the city of Coria. This movement deteriorated the relic and it was decided to keep it in the cathedral, leading to a fall in its worship and it fell into disuse and obscurity.

Photos: Dionisio Romero (Cedidas por el Cabildo Catedral de la Diócesis de Coria-Cáceres, titular de todos los derechos)

ROMAN RUINS OF AUGUSTÓBRIGA Bohonal de Ibor

The Roman portico

Augustóbriga was a Roman Municipium located on the banks of the Tagus River. It went on through to medieval times with the name of Talavera la Vieja, still preserving traces of the Roman era. In the 20th century, after the construction of the Valdecañas Reservoir, the town was flooded and a portico of the temple called Los Mármoles and

some columns of the temple called La Cilla were rescued.

Los Marmoles is named after the Stucco coating with pieces of glass that covered the grooves on the column shafts.