Cabeza la Vaca
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'Cabeza la Vaca is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz
, Extremadura
, Spain
. The origin dates back to 14th century,nevertheless the settlement stems from pre-Roman era. It´s possible that the original core of the town was the upper part known as "el coso". In the beginning belonged to old kingdom of Leon, and then, to crown of Castile and within the Castile belong to realm of Seville until 1833 when they were created the spanish provinces. Fron them, the village is into the province of Badajoz.
Among the main attractions, can stand out its nature surround and its historic monuments as the cross of the Rollo from 16th century and ruled make by Felipe II; the Fontanilla with a early Gothic Christ from 1339; or the church fron 14th century with its belfry from 18th century. Also I underlined the bullring from 19th century.
Badajoz (province)
The province of Badajoz is a province of western Spain located in the autonomous community of Extremadura. It was formed in 1833. It is bordered by the provinces of Cáceres, Toledo, Ciudad Real, Córdoba, Seville, and Huelva, and by Portugal....
, Extremadura
Extremadura
Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. Its component provinces are Cáceres and Badajoz. It is bordered by Portugal to the west...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. The origin dates back to 14th century,nevertheless the settlement stems from pre-Roman era. It´s possible that the original core of the town was the upper part known as "el coso". In the beginning belonged to old kingdom of Leon, and then, to crown of Castile and within the Castile belong to realm of Seville until 1833 when they were created the spanish provinces. Fron them, the village is into the province of Badajoz.
Among the main attractions, can stand out its nature surround and its historic monuments as the cross of the Rollo from 16th century and ruled make by Felipe II; the Fontanilla with a early Gothic Christ from 1339; or the church fron 14th century with its belfry from 18th century. Also I underlined the bullring from 19th century.