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Valencia de Alcántara Valencia de Alcántara is a Spanish town near the Portuguese border (District of Portalegre). It is located in Cáceres province....	TOWN HALL City or Municipality of Valencia de Alcántara was built in the sixteenth century, during the reign of Philip II. Throughout its history held numerous renovations and expansions, the testimony of one of them will be showing us the granite marker that is conserved under the shield of the Villa, the 16...	PASSAGE OF ZAFRA Crossing located east of the city of Valencia de Alcántara, traditionally considered Roman, but has obvious remodeling....	CASTLE FORTRESS Castle Fortress: officially dated in S.XIII, though possibly originates from the Muslim period witnessed by the remains of a watchtower and possible construction that form the tank. Once completed the Reconquista expands and passes through several renovations and reconstructions due to incessant bor...
CONVENT OF MONTESINOS Previously dedicated to the cult of San Bartolomé and San Francisco....	THE CHRIST OF THE BATTLES OF BERRUGUETE Another artistic jewel preserved in the temple of Rocamadour is the size of the ”Christ of the Battles”, commonly called ”the Christ of trash” by sculptor figure crowd gave crucified....	CHURCH OF THE INCARNATION The temple was built about 1490. Has three cruise ships with soft screw domes and dome and two towers and a clock tower. Stresses the altarpiece of the venerated from 1624 large image of Christ of the Good Death....	FOUNTAIN MONROY Fountain granite located in the southern city of Valencia de Alcántara. Has two openings closed with arches, shoots cornice....
THE MARBLE FOUNTAIN BEACH Parts of Carrara marble, donated by the Marquis of Labrador their home village. The installation of the pipe that brings water in the square Gregorio Bravo, known as ”The Beach”....	SHIELDS OF NOBILITY On the facades of stately houses and headstones tombstones in the temples of Rocamadour and the Incarnation are counted until ninety-three coats belonging to lineages including intersections and Penaranda (the most abundant), Sotomayor, Bravo de Jerez and Jerez, Escobar, Mendoza, Figueroa, Chumacero...	HERMITAGE OF THE VIRGIN OF THE REMEDIES From a small chapel that existed in 1682 shrine of the patron saint today emerged....	VIRGIN AND SAINTS JUANES It is certainly the most important paintings of the famous frontiersman Luis de Morales, ”the Divine”, painted expressly ordered by Commander Bravo from Jerez to the palace ”Carballar Master”, built by the Master of the Order of Alcántara, Don Juan Sotomayor, which is located on the farm now known a...