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ecommended to purchase the
famous “torta de La Serena”,
cheese made with sheep’s milk.
The mayor of Zalamea de la
Serena, Pedro Crespo, was
immortalized in the plays written
by Lope de Vega and Calderón
de la Barca. In the town center
we can see the medieval castle
and the dystilo, a Roman
funerary monument built in the
year 103 honoring the Emperor
Trajan. Almost bordering the
province of Córdoba is
Monterrubio de la Serena.
Various noble homes can be
admired throughout the town.
The road heads now to Cabeza
del Buey, a town with great
historical importance. In the
vicinity, the Hermitage of
Nuestra Señora de Belén, built in
the 13th century, was originally
the quarters of the Knights
Templar. Almost at the border
with La Siberia is Peñalsordo,
where one of the oldest festivals
in Extremadura is held, Corpus
Christi, declared of Tourist
Interest.
Crossing over the reservoir of La
Serena we enter into the region
of La Siberia. The first town is
Puebla de Alcocer with an
imposing stone fortress which
Zalamea de la Serena
Campanario
presides over the medieval
hamlet. In Talarrubias,
interesting cave paintings have
been discovered. In addition, the
16th century Church of Santa
Catalina de Alejandría merits a
visit, one of the best examples of
Gothic-Mudéjar-Renaissance
religious art in the area.
On the banks of the Orellana
reservoir lies Orellana la Vieja.
A fortress-palace evokes the
village’s past splendor. We have
to go through the towns of
Navalvillar de Pela, and Casas de
Don Pedro to get to Herrera del
Duque, once the estate of the
Dukes of Osuna. Its unusual
Moorish castle has no towers.
Peloche rises near the García
Sola reservoir, as well as
Valdecaballeros, where
numerous nautical activities are
organized at the artificial lake.
From Castilblanco, the road
leads to the National Reserve of
Cíjara, 26,000 hectares of nature
in the heart of Extremadura.
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