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Zalamea de la Serena is a municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2025 census, the municipality has a population of 3371 inhabitants.
Zalamea is the setting of the play, "El Alcalde de Zalamea," or the "Mayor of Zalamea."
Monuments include: the dystile, and church called ´El Cristo.´ There is a small village called Docenario close to Zalamea.
Monuments
There is a Dystile from Roman times. There is a castle and it is about 2,400 years old. There are two churches from Roman times.
Nine km to the north is Cancho Roano, a temple/ritual site of the Tartessian period, now with a Visitor centre
Other buildings and facilities in Zalamea
There is a football field. There are some sport centres. There are some street lights.
There is a castle. It is big and the color brown. The castle has got two towers.
Festivals and Celebrations
There are festivals. There is a festival called ´Romeria.
There is a festival called ´San Cristobal and it is celebrated in the ´Charca.´ ´Charca´ is a big lake with fishing lines.
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9 places to explore Zalamea de la Serena at your own pace. Each number matches its point on the map.
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Cancho Roano (a veces escrito como Cancho Ruano) es un yacimiento arqueológico situado en el término municipal de Zalamea de la Serena, en la provincia de Badajoz (España). Se localiza a tres kilómetros de Zalamea en dirección a Quintana de la Serena, en una pequeña vaguada junto al arroyo Cagancha.
Yacimiento arqueológicoBien de interés cultural
El castillo de Zalamea de la Serena es una fortificación situada en las inmediaciones del pueblo del mismo nombre español en la comarca de La Serena y provincia de Badajoz, a 153 km de Badajoz.
Castillo
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Monasterio
Museo
Monumento
Ermita
Ermita
Ermita
Monuments from Wikidata; summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited to their authors.
We're completing the Zalamea de la Serena guide village by village.
Places and plans from OpenStreetMap (ODbL): what is mapped within the municipal boundary, by name. If something is missing, it can be added there and will appear here in the next update.
Routes shared by hikers and waymarked trails, with their map and elevation profile.
What there really is in the village and around it, with distances. If an activity isn't on this list, we haven't found it nearby.
