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Prehistoria

Edad contemporanea

Edad moderna

Edad media

Edad antigua

Prehistoria

476-1492

1492- 1789

4.000 a.C-476 d.C

1789- 2021

PREHISTORY

ANCIENT AGE

MEDIEVAL PERIOD

MODERN AGE

CONTEMPORARY AGE

2.500.000 a.C -3500 a.C

Dolmen El Mellizo(Valencia de Alcántara)

Calzada Romana(Valencia de Alcántara)

Tumbas antropomorfas(Membrío)

Puente sobre el río Salor (Membrío)

Necrópolis La Lagunita(Santiago de alcántara)

Choza de pastores(Cedillo)

San Antonio de Padua(Cedillo)

San Sebastián de Martir(Herrera de Alcántara)

• San Sebastián de Mártir → Herrera de Alcántara

The Church of San Sebastián de Mártir is the most outstanding architectural element in Herrera de Alcántara, is Baroque in style and forms a complex with the 19th century Clock Tower, built in brick and situated in the same square where the church is located. The remains of an old fortress that once existed in the town, destroyed in the wars with Portugal, were probably used in its construction.

• San Antonio de Pádua → Cedillo

This church is in the Neo-Gothic style from the end of the 19th century, designed by the architect Juan Bautista Lázaro de Diego. It was built in 1894 to replace the previous church, which was in a state of ruin. The building was constructed using local materials such as slate and brick.

• Shepherds’ hut → Cedillo

Its function was to serve as a dwelling for shepherds in the Middle Age.

• Anthropomorphics tombs → 7th century a.d.

Anthropomorphic tombs excavated in slate. They are located in a private estate, where you can see some steppe birds.

• Bridge on the Salor River → Membrío

It’s a Roman bridge crossed by the river Salor. Its morphology is similar to that of the well-known Alcántara Bridge, although it is smaller. It’s got three major arches and a minor one on the left bank of the river. It’s 90 m long.

• Roman Road → Valencia de Alcántara

Ancient Roman oppidum. It dates from the 1st century. It is located 1 km away in the area of Calleja de la Barca. This road runs around the outskirts of Valencia de Alcántara and crosses the Roman bridge of Calle del Río.

• Dolmen “El mellizo”

El Mellizo is the most emblematic of the more than forty dolmens in the village of Valencia de Alcántara. It is made up of eight orthostats, most of which are in a good state of conservation and some of which are up to two metres high. It's one of the few dolmens in Extremadura that still has its roof, and is perfectly integrated into a granite environment with nearby water sources.It forms part of the archaeological site of the Dolmens of Valencia de Alcántara, and it was declared a site of cultural interest in 1992.

• Necropolis “La Lagunita” → 4th-3rd millennium b.c.

It’s a group of three primitive dolmens located a few kilometres from Santiago de Alcántara. They were built with slate and their function was to bury the deceased.

Viaje por nuestro patrimonio (RBtti)TOUR AROUND OUR HERITAGE (RBTTI)

Prehistoria

Edad Moderna

Edad Contemporánea

Edad Antigua

Edad Media

2.500.000 a.C -3500 a.C

4.000 a.C-476 d.C

476 -1492

1492- 1789

1789- 2021

PREHISTORY

ANCIENT AGE

MEDIEVAL PERIOD

MODERN AGE

CONTEMPORARY AGE

Menhir del cabezo (Alcántara)

Peña Buraca (Piedras Albas)

Puente Romano (Alcántara)

San Pedro (Alcántara)

Puente de Segura (Piedras Albas)

Iglesia de Ildefonso (Salorino)

Iglesia de la Encarnación (Salorino)

La Muralla (Alcántara)

• Menhir del Cabezo

A Menhir is a megalithic monument in a big rocky block, elongated with vertical cloning from the ground. Measures 4.60m, 1.10m of diameter at the thickest area, and weighs 12000kg. It was erected in 2015.

• Peña Buraca

‘’La Peña Buraca’’, was identificated like a prehistory shrine, but really, it was more recognized like an archeological set, in which they abound dug wineries in the rock.

Roman Bridge of Alcántara: Is one of the most emblematic monuments at Extremadura, and it's considered like a roman work unique in the world, because her dimensions are so big, it has got a high conservation level and his considered use of 2000 years. ‘’The Roman Bridge of Alcántara’’ is in Alcántara (Cáceres), it was built in the 140 AD, and it was built by Cayo Julio Lacer. It has got 6 arch, with 5 pillars, and has got a height of 71 metres. The Bridge of Segura: Is a Roman Bridge at the boundary between Spain and Portugal. It was built at the same time as ‘’The Bridge of Alcántara’’, at the beginning of the 2nd Century, with the mandate of the emperador Trajano.

The Alcantara’s Wall: It has got a strategic position,and passes the river, that makes sense of this defensive building in the village Alcántara. In that we can see two fortifications, the arabic citadel, and the walled enclosure of modern age. It was extended in the XV century.

Saint Pedro of Alcántara: It’s a bronze statue of big dimensions, released in 1976 by the sculptor of Cuenca, José Navarro Gabaldón. It’s in front of the ‘’Santa María of Alcóvar’’ church.

Ildefonso’s Church It is a work of the XVII century. Inside, it’s formed by only one auditorium of four sections with rectangular transept and headboard. All the sections are covered by a canyon vault with lunettes. The Marquis' Palace It’s a property of Piedras Albas, it’s a renaissance palace of the XVI century, built over the arcade called ‘’El Portal del Pan’’, by Pedro Suarez of Toledo.