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BADAJOZ

<big>About Badajoz</big>

  

 Badajoz is the largest province in Spain (21,600 sq. km.) and one of the least densly populated.

 Aswell as bordering with Portugal in the West, Badajoz borders with Cáceres in the North, Huelva, Sevilla and Cordoba in the South, and Ciudad Real and Toledo in the East. Today Badajoz's economy is based on farming and, increasingly, tourism.

 BadajozBecause of its location, all the different cultures throughout Spanish history passed through Badajoz, but the province's enjoyed its peak of influence and power during the Roman Empire, when the Romans converted Merida into one of the Empire's most important capital cities. After the Visigod period, the Moors invaded Spain and the Ibn-al-Aftas dynasty established a great cultural and scientific centre. When the Christians regained control under Alfonso IX, many of the explorers who set out to conquer the New World were from Badajoz (Hernan Cortes, Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, Hernando de Soto, Valdivia, Alvarado....).

  

 Badajoz capital city

 Badajoz with a population of 140,000 is the province's financial and commercial center, but not its most beautiful as far as monuments are concerned, although the wall surrounding the old city illustrates the fortress it was for many years throughout Spanish history. One big attraction of Badajoz is the friendliness of the people who live there, always ready to help a lost tourist in need! If you do pass through Badajoz on the way to one of the province's more monumental towns, it is worth stopping for lunch because the city has a couple of excellent restaurants and also a selection of bars offering very good tapas.

  

 What to see in Badajoz:

 Alcazaba - one of the best conserved walled Arab castles in the whole of Spain with various towers still intact

 Historical quarter - stroll around the old part of the town to admire the old plazas (especially Plaza de San José, Plaza de España and La Plaza Alta) and churches. Look for the two towers flanking the old entrance to the city dating from the 16th century, Puerta de Palmas.

 Churches: Iglesia de Santa Domingo, Iglesia San Andrés, Iglesia San Agustín de la Concepción

 Cathedral: Catedral de San Juan - a very impressive building built between the 13th and 16th centuries. Predominantly gothic and romanic, with three aisles and twelve inner chapels.

 Puente de las Palmas: A bridge built in the 16th century and crossing the Guadiana river with 32 arches, 582m in length and 13m in height.

 Museums in Badajoz: MEIZC, Extremadura's Iberoamerican Museum of Contemporary Art, Virgen de Guadalupe, 7. Impressive red brick building; Museo Arqueológico, Palacio de los Duques de la Roca, in the interior of the Alcazaba on the site of the old Mosque with many exhibits of prehistoric, Roman, Visigo and Arab objects; Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes, San German, 1, Art gallery.

  

 <big>DISCOVER</big>

  

 Cathedral (Catedral):

 The Gothic cathedral was uilt in the 13C, bu heavily reworked in the plateresque style during the Renaissance. The fine and intense decoration of the friezes and the windows contrasts sith the high, apparently fortified tower. In the middle of the central nave stands the enclosure reserved for the clergy, an imposing coro whose stalls were sculpted in 1557. The sacristy contains six Flemish tapestries (17C) in greens and browns and with an intricate design.

  

 Museum (Museo Provicinal de Bellas Artes):

 Set up in two 19 C seigneurial mansions, the Fine Art museum provides collections of sculptures, painting and drawings for the art lover. The 19C and the 20C are the best represented.

  

 Museum (Museo Arqueológico Provincial):

 The archaeological collections of the region have found sanctuary in the Roca palace (16C). They cover a vast period stretching from prehistory or protohistory (steles, smalls idols) to the Middle Ages, with Islamic et medieval arts. Works coming from the Roman ages (mosaics, o bronze tools) and Visigothic (attractive sculpted pilasters) are especially interesting.

 So much to see!! coming!!

  

 <big>TASTE</big>

 Extremaduran cuisine is simple, tasty and very varied, because it knows how to use the top quality resources it has at its disposal and never tries to hide anything. This has resulted in authentic, natural and uncomplicated dishes. Christians, Muslims and Jews lived together in this region and each left its mark on Extremaduran cooking.

  

 The gastronomy in Badajoz is usually simple, based on excellent quality meats (wild game aswell as hams, beef and lamb), fish, fruit and vegetables. All accompanied by good local wines. More and more bodegas in Extremadura have produced very good wines in recent years, and the area is signalled by wine experts as one of Spain's most promising wine producing regions.

                                     

 <big>SPANISH ROUTINES</big>

  

 What’s the time in Spain? The time zone on the Spanish mainland and the Balearic Islands is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) + 1 hour in winter and + 2 hours in summer. On the Canary Islands, it is GMT, or GMT + 1 hour in summer, i.e. always 1 hour less than the time on the mainland and in the Balearics.

  

 At what time are meals served in Spain? Breakfast is usually had from eight to ten in the morning. Lunch, at restaurants, is served between 13.00 to 15.30 h. Dinner is served from 21.00 to 23.00 h. Many establishments are open continuously throughout the day, especially bars and cafeterias; there you can have "tapas", appetisers, and combo meals.

  

 When are the shops open? The most usual business hours are from Monday-Saturday, from 10.00h to 14.00h, and 17.00h to 20.00h. Major shopping centres and department stores are open all day all day from 10 am to 10 pm.

  

 <big>CLIMATE AND WEATHER CONDITIONS</big>

 Extremaduran has a predominantly warm Mediterranean climate, with dry summers and winters with balanced temperatures. There are fair ranges between summer and winter. In mid May temperature is usually warm, dry and sunny max 25-30 ºC min 10-12ºC. For update info:

  

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