Extremadura Guide Eng 2016

The main communication ways of this zone are the national road 521 , which links the lands around Valencia de Alcántara with Cáceres, and the Ex-110 and Ex-117 , whose routes cover all the west of this zone that borders on Portugal. The Ex-108 and 109 cross Valle del Alagón in the north. There are numerous festivities celebrated all around the year in these localities declared as Tourist Interest Fes- tivity of Extremadura, like San Isidro Labrador y Corpus Christi in Valencia de Alcántara, Dia de la Tenca in the union Tajo- Salor-Almonte, Los Negritos in Monte- hermoso, Toros de San Juan in Coria, Las Carantoñas in Acehúche, Las Carreras in Arroyo de la Luz and the Medieval Festival in Alburquerque. It`s very interesting the Theatre Festival hold in Alcán- tara in summer.

The delicious cheeses of Casar de Cáceres, known as Tortas which posses Guarantee of origin and Quality are well-known all around the world. The tench , very abundant among the ponds of the vil- lages of these regions, have become a very appreciated dish in the region. Furthermore, there are archaeological vestiges in the surroundings of localities such as Valencia de Alcántara or San Vicente de Alcántara, where numerous well sign-post- ed dolmens can be found, or in La Hijadilla, close to the Salor river, in Malpartida de Cáceres or the schematic cave paintings of Santiago de Alcántara. The arrival of Roma will influence notably in the west of the peninsula as a result, over all, of the creation of Emerita Augusta as capital of Lusitania, specially because

of the communication ways built in most part of the lands and localities of these regions from this city, over all with the so-called Via de la Plata which became in the way of Mozara- bic pilgrimage towards Santiago de Compostela, as years went on, in Middle Ages. From this Roman time, we still conserve some hydraulic works such as the Roman Bridge of Alcántara over the Tajo river, defensive con- structions like the wall of the city of Coria in the riverside of the Alagón river or villages like the one excavat- ed in the surroundings of Monroy .

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Treasure of Aliseda

“Las Carantoñas” in Acehúche

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