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Jerez de los Caballeros is a town of south-western Spain, in the province of Badajoz. It is located on two hills overlooking the River Ardila, a tributary of the Guadiana, 18 km east of the Portuguese border. The old town is surrounded by a Moorish wall with six gates. The town is said to have been founded by Alfonso IX of Leon in 1229; in 1232 it was extended by his son Ferdinand III the Saint, who gave it to the Knights Templar. Hence the name Jerez de los Caballeros, Jerez of the Knights.
Jerez de los Caballeros is the birthplace of the explorers Hernando de Soto and Vasco Núñez de Balboa. On 10 May 1539, Hernando de Soto wrote in his will: "That a chapel be erected within the Church of San Miguel in Jerez de los Cabelleros, Spain, where De Soto grew up, at a cost of 2,000 ducats, with an altarpiece featuring the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of the Conception, that his tomb be covered in a fine black broadcloth topped by a red cross of the Order of the Knights of Santiago, and on special occasions a pall of black velvet with the De Soto coat of arms be placed on the altar; that a chaplain be hired at the salary of 12,000 maravedis to perform five masses every week for the souls of De Soto, his parents and wife; that thirty masses be said for him the day his body was interred, and twenty for our Lady of the Conception, ten for the Holy Ghost, sixty for souls in purgatory and masses for many others as well; that 150000 maravedis be given annually to his wife Isabel for her needs and an equal amount used yearly to marry off three orphan damsels...the poorest that can be found," who would then assist his wife and also serve to burnish the memory of De Soto as a man of charity and substance.
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La iglesia parroquial de San Bartolomé es un templo católico de estilo barroco situado en la localidad española de Jerez de los Caballeros, perteneciente a la provincia de Badajoz, en la comunidad autónoma de Extremadura.
IglesiaBien de interés cultural
La iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel es un templo católico de estilo barroco que se encuentra en el casco urbano de Jerez de los Caballeros (Provincia de Badajoz, España).
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El Castillo de Jerez de los Caballeros es una edificación de carácter defensivo y sus orígenes se remontan al siglo XIII. Está en la propia villa de Jerez de los Caballeros que es un municipio español de la provincia de Badajoz, en la comunidad autónoma de Extremadura.
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La plaza de toros de Jerez de los Caballeros está situada en el municipio español homónimo, en la provincia de Badajoz, Extremadura. Cuenta con un aforo de 3.950 localidades y está catalogada como de tercera categoría.
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