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Alcañices (Portuguese: Alcanises) is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. It is very close to the Portugal-Spain border, not far from the Portuguese town of Bragança. In fact, the Village is especially remembered for being the seat of the Treaty of Alcañices that on 12 September 1297 defined the border between Portugal and the Crown of Castile, the oldest in Europe.
Its name is of Arabic origin and means "the churches", although the origin of the town may have been a hillfort of the Zoelae.
During the Visigoths Enlisted as a free territory until in 586 King Liuvigild assigned it the Pagus Alistii to the Archbishop of Braga, which in 675 the Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela claimed as his own for not agreeing with the award.
In the Reconquest, Alfonso IX of León gave it to the Order of the Temple in 1175 for its repopulation, which in 1210 built a castle and 1255 erected a Commandery. Tradition says that Saint Francis of Assisi passed through Alcañices in 1214 when he was on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
From 1371 to 1820 Alcañices was a manor town of the March of Alcañices, which in 1741 became part of the Ducal House of Alburquerque. During this time, the Marquises built a hospital for pilgrims, an alhóndiga for communal grain, a bridge, a series of fountains and several mills and promoted the creation of a Franciscan convent, which maintained that condition until its confiscation in 1848, as well as a palace within the fortress that is currently a residence for the elderly. In the local toponymy there are still references to the Prado del Marqués or the Huerta del Marqués. In addition, during this period part of the old wall was rebuilt, which had an active military use until 1817.
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Where to eat
We don't have verified restaurants here yet, but the larder of Castilla y León already says a lot.
See the restaurants on the mapWe haven't verified any table with its owner in Alcañices yet. In the meantime, these are the restaurants mapped in the surrounding area.
Up to 30 km around, according to OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps. No ratings or prices: call before you go.
19 restaurants
19 restaurants
Alcañices · in the village+34 980 680 638View on the map
Alcañices · in the village+34 980 680 337View on the mapWebsite
Rabanales · 7.6 km away+34 980 68 18 61View on the map
Rabanales · 7.9 km away+34 636 006 402View on the mapWebsite
San Vitero · 8.3 km away+34 980 681 478View on the map
San Vitero · 8.4 km away+34 980 681 471View on the mapWebsite
Rábano de Aliste · 9.6 km away+34 980 682 661View on the map
Villardeciervos · 27.1 km away+34 672 861 556View on the mapWebsite
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For a coffee, a drink or a bite in the village.
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What people eat in Castilla y León when they eat well.
Suckling lamb in a wood-fired oven, with salad and local red wine.
Rice and onion, griddled until crisp.
Hard-paste Castilian cured cheese; with candeal bread and a young red.
Ribera, Toro, Bierzo: several serious wine appellations in the region.
Almost every village has its market day and its producers: the cheesemaker, the baker, the vegetable garden next door. Ask at the tourist office or the bar on the square; they'll tell you where to buy straight from the maker.
We haven't confirmed Alcañices's market day. Every village has its own: better to ask than to make it up.
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