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Spain-Extremadura, the Mother of the Conquistadores

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Extremadura, wedged between the most tourist Castile and Andalusia and missed by many tourists just passing through, is a journey into the heart of the old Spain, with intact medieval cities often included in UNESCO World Heritage. This harsh environment was the cradle of the Conquistadores who opened up a new world for the Spanish empire and it was said that the Extremadura created about twenty nations of the Latin America. Remote before and forgotten since, Extremadura enjoyed a brief golden age when its heroes returned with their gold to live in splendour, but the harshness of life, architecture, food and traditions of Extremadura have left in Latin America traces more lasting and profound than any other European influence. Trujillo, the birthplace of Pizarro the conqueror of Peru, is the most attractive town in Extremadura and can feel truly magical, a classic conquistador stage set of escutcheoned mansions and castle walls virtually untouched since the sixteenth century. The small town of Guadalupe, perched up in the sierra to the west of Trujillo, is dominated by the great Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, which for five centuries has brought fame and pilgrims to the area. The famous sanctuary of the same name in Mexico City owes the same name because many conquistadoes were faithful of Our Lady of Guadalupe. In the Southern Extremadura Jerez de los Caballeros, a total white city with the seductive look of an Andalucian town, is related to the knights Templar who here fighted the Muslim. In Jerez de los Caballeros were born Balboa, the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean, and Hernando de Soto, the first European to travel through Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, and also the first European to cross the Mississippi River. In the old town of Plasencia was born Inez Suarez, one of the few women leading the conquistadores, who participated in the Conquest of Chile with Pedro de Valdivia.

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  • Trujillo. The equestrian statue of Pizarro overlooking the Plaza Major of his native town. In the early 1930s the american sculptor Ramsey MacDonald created three copies of an anonymous European soldier resembling a conquistador. The first copy was offered to Mexico to represent Hernán Cortés, though it was rejected. The mounted statue of Pizarro in Trujillo was created by Charles Rumsey and presented to the city by his widow in 1926.
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  • Trujillo. The equestrian statue of Pizarro overlooking the Plaza Major of his native town. In the early 1930s the american sculptor Ramsey MacDonald created three copies of an anonymous European soldier resembling a conquistador. The first copy was offered to Mexico to represent Hernán Cortés, though it was rejected. The mounted statue of Pizarro in Trujillo was created by Charles Rumsey and presented to the city by his widow in 1926.
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  • Trujillo. The equestrian statue of Pizarro overlooking the Plaza Major of his native town. In the early 1930s the american sculptor Ramsey MacDonald created three copies of an anonymous European soldier resembling a conquistador. The first copy was offered to Mexico to represent Hernán Cortés, though it was rejected. The mounted statue of Pizarro in Trujillo was created by Charles Rumsey and presented to the city by his widow in 1926.
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  • Trujillo, the walled town. Here were born the conquistador of the Inca Empire Francisco Pizarro and the first European to discover Amazonas River Francisco de Orellana. On the foreground the Alfiler Tower built in the fourteenth century and topped with an original dome of Talavera tiles. King Philip II stayed in this house in 1583.
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  • Trujillo, the walled town. Here were born the conquistador of the Inca Empire Francisco Pizarro and the first European to discover Amazonas River Francisco de Orellana. On the foreground the Alfiler Tower built in the fourteenth century and topped with an original dome of Talavera tiles. King Philip II stayed in this house in 1583.
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  • Trujillo, the walled town. Here were born the conquistador of the Inca Empire Francisco Pizarro and the first European to discover Amazonas River Francisco de Orellana. Puerta de Santiago.
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  • Trujillo, the walled town. Here were born the conquistador of the Inca Empire Francisco Pizarro and the first European to discover Amazonas River Francisco de Orellana. Puerta de Santiago.
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  • Trujillo. The equestrian statue of Pizarro overlooking the Plaza Major of his native town with the monument to Francisco Pizarro. On the left the  The Palacio de la Conquista ("Mansion of the Conquest") built by the Pizarro family after the conquest of Inca Empire.
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  • Trujillo, Palacio de la Conquista, the facade built<br />
in 1560 by Hernando Pizarro (the only brother<br />
survived to the fratricidal struggles in conquered Peru) celebrates the triumphs of the family.
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  • jillo, The Palacio de la Conquista ("Mansion of the Conquest") built by the Pizarro family after the conquest of Inca Empire. The old man is Hernando Pizarro (one of the 4 brothers Pizarro), the woman is his wife and niece Francisca Pizarro Yupanqui, daughter of Francisco Pizarro, and descendent of  Incas emperors.
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  • Trujillo, the Plateresque architecture of the Palacio de los Duques de San Carlos on the main square.
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  • Trujillo, the Plateresque architecture of the Palacio de los Duques de San Carlos on the main square.
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  • Trujillo, the Plateresque architecture of the Palacio de los Duques de San Carlos on the main square.
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  • Trujillo, Plaza Mayor, the main square with San Martin church.
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  • Trujillo, Santa Maria la Mayor church.
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  • Trujillo, Santa Maria la Mayor church.
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  • Trujillo, Santa Maria la Mayor church.
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  • Trujillo, the castle, built on the older Moorish castle.
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  • Trujillo, the castle.
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  • Trujillo, the castle, built on the older Moorish castle.
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  • Trujillo, ceramics depicting traditional trades of the town.
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  • Trujillo. Museo de la Coria, Museum of La Coria, <br />
dedicated to the discovery of America and the history of Ibero-American countries.
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  • Monastery of Guadalupe, the most important of Spain. The famous<br />
sanctuary of the same name in Mexico City owes<br />
its name to the fact that many Conquistadores came from Extremadura and proclaimed Our Lady of Guadalupe patroness<br />
of the Americas.
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  • Monastery of Guadalupe, the most important of Spain. The famous<br />
sanctuary of the same name in Mexico City owes<br />
its name to the fact that many Conquistadores came from Extremadura and proclaimed Our Lady of Guadalupe patroness<br />
of the Americas.
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  • Monastery of Guadalupe, the cloister. Guadalupe is the most important sanctuary of Spain. The famous sanctuary of the same name in Mexico City owes its name to the fact that many Conquistadores came from Extremadura and proclaimed Our Lady of Guadalupe patroness<br />
of the Americas.
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  • Monastery of Guadalupe, the most important of Spain. The famous<br />
sanctuary of the same name in Mexico City owes<br />
its name to the fact that many Conquistadores came from Extremadura and proclaimed Our Lady of Guadalupe patroness<br />
of the Americas.
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  • Monastery of Guadalupe, the most important of Spain. The famous<br />
sanctuary of the same name in Mexico City owes<br />
its name to the fact that many Conquistadores came from Extremadura and proclaimed Our Lady of Guadalupe patroness<br />
of the Americas.
    em7410147.jpg
  • Monastery of Guadalupe, the cloister. Guadalupe is the most important sanctuary of Spain. The famous sanctuary of the same name in Mexico City owes its name to the fact that many Conquistadores came from Extremadura and proclaimed Our Lady of Guadalupe patroness<br />
of the Americas.
    em7420056.jpg
  • Monastery of Guadalupe, the most important of Spain. The famous<br />
sanctuary of the same name in Mexico City owes<br />
its name to the fact that many Conquistadores came from Extremadura and proclaimed Our Lady of Guadalupe patroness<br />
of the Americas.
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  • Caceres, medieval architecture, the mansion of the Los Golfines De Abajo, unoe of the most important noblemen family.. The city is Unesco World Heritage.
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  • Caceres, medieval architecture, the mansion of the Los Golfines De Abajo, unoe of the most important noblemen family.. The city is Unesco World Heritage.
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  • Caceres, medieval architecture, the mansion of the Los Golfines De Abajo, unoe of the most important noblemen family.. The city is Unesco World Heritage.
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  • Caceres. Palacio de Ovando. Inca noblewoman carved on the facade of the <br />
mansion of a conquistador.
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  • Caceres. The Arab cistern (aljibe) in the basement of an old building, now the<br />
Museum of Caceres
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  • Caceres, Plaza de Santa Maria, with Santa Maria gothic cathedral (16th century).
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  • Caceres, Plaza de Santa Maria, gargoyles on the roof of Santa Maria gothic cathedral (16th century).
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  • Caceres, Plaza de Santa Maria, gargoyles on the roof of Santa Maria gothic cathedral (16th century).
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  • Caceres, Plaza de Santa Maria, with Santa Maria gothic cathedral (16th century).
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  • Caceres, Plaza de Santa Maria, with Santa Maria gothic cathedral (16th century).
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  • Caceres, Plaza de Santa Maria, with Santa Maria gothic cathedral (16th century).
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  • Caceres, Plaza de Santa Maria, with Santa Maria gothic cathedral (16th century).
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  • Caceres, medieval architecture. The city is Unesco World Heritage. San Mateo was traditionally the church of the local landlords.
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  • Caceres, medieval architecture. The city is Unesco World Heritage. Restorer in the church of San Mateo, traditionally the church of the local landlords.
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  • Caceres, medieval architecture. The city is Unesco World Heritage. Family coat of arms on the facade of Golfines mansion.
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  • Caceres, medieval architecture. The city is Unesco World Heritage. Family coat of arms on the facade of Golfines mansion.
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  • Caceres, the main square (Plaza Major).
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  • Caceres, medieval architecture. The city is Unesco World Heritage. Church of San Francisco Javier.
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  • Caceres, medieval architecture. The city is Unesco World Heritage. Church of San Francisco Javier.
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  • Caceres, medieval architecture. The city is Unesco World Heritage. Church of San Francisco Javier.
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  • Medellin, the castle. and the Roman theatre. On this village was born Hernan Cortès who conquered the Aztec Empire.
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  • Medellin, the castle. and the Roman theatre. On this village was born Hernan Cortès who conquered the Aztec Empire.
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  • Medellin, monument of Hernàn Cortès, Mexico's Conquistador, born here.
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  • Medellin, monument of Hernàn Cortès, Mexico's Conquistador, born here.
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  • Medellin, the castle. On this village was born Hernan Cortès who conquered the Aztec Empire.
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  • Medellin, the castle. On this village was born Hernan Cortès who conquered the Aztec Empire.
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  • Encomienda castlr near Villanueva de la Serena, the town where was born Pedro de Valdivia who conquered Chile.
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  • Villanueva de la Serena, the monument to Pedro de Valdivia who conquered Chile and was born here.
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  • Landscapes of southern Extremadura.
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  • Landscapes of southern Extremadura.
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  • Segura de Leon, a village with traditional architecture influenced by the nearby Andalusia.
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  • Segura de Leon, a village with traditional architecture influenced by the nearby Andalusia.
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  • Zafra, a typical town of Southern Extremadura.
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  • Segura de Leon, a village with traditional architecture influenced by the nearby Andalusia.
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  • Puebla de la Calzada. Traditional bullfight Sunday in a Plaza de toros built for few days. Here bullfighting is still popular<br />
because the region is home to the many farms with toros bravos, fighting bulls.
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  • Puebla de la Calzada. Traditional bullfight Sunday in a Plaza de toros built for few days. Here bullfighting is still popular<br />
because the region is home to the many farms with toros bravos, fighting bulls.
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  • Segura de Leon, a village with traditional architecture influenced by the nearby Andalusia.
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  • Jerez de los Caballeros. The Jamon Iberico de Bellota, "Dehesa de Extremadura", his official name since 1990, is the ham<br />
controlled appellation. Up 70% of the production quality of the whole peninsula Iberian. The pigs must be fed for at least three months grazing freely.
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  • Garrovillas, Circulo de artistas. The game<br />
cards every Sunday with the background of bullfighting transmitted by national networks.
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  • Puebla de la Calzada. Traditional bullfight Sunday in a Plaza de toros built for few days. Here bullfighting is still popular<br />
because the region is home to the many farms with toros bravos, fighting bulls.
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  • Puebla de la Calzada. Traditional bullfight Sunday in a Plaza de toros built for few days. Here bullfighting is still popular<br />
because the region is home to the many farms with toros bravos, fighting bulls.
    em7410009.jpg
  • Puebla de la Calzada. Traditional bullfight Sunday in a Plaza de toros built for few days. Here bullfighting is still popular<br />
because the region is home to the many farms with toros bravos, fighting bulls.
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  • Puebla de la Calzada. Traditional bullfight Sunday in a Plaza de toros built for few days. Here bullfighting is still popular<br />
because the region is home to the many farms with toros bravos, fighting bulls.
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  • Landscapes of southern Extremadura.
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  • Jerez de los Caballeros with San Miguel church. In this towni were born the Conquistador Balboa, the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean, and Hernandio de Soto, the bfirst European to travel through Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi,. He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River.
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  • Jerez de los Caballeros, church of San Bartolomé,<br />
with a baroque decoration of glazed ceramics. In this town is born the Conquistador of Panama Balboa.
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  • Jerez de los Caballeros. In this towni were born the Conquistador Balboa, the fiirst European to discover the Pacific Ocean, and Hernandio de Soto, the bfirst European to travel through Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi,. He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River.
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  • Jerez de los Caballeros, church of San Bartolomé,<br />
with a baroque decoration of glazed ceramics. In this town is born the Conquistador of Panama Balboa.
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  • Jerez de los Caballeros, church of San Bartolomé,<br />
with a baroque decoration of glazed ceramics. In this town were born Balboa, the first European to discover Pacific Ocean, and Hernando de Soto who first travelled on Southeastern United States  territories.
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  • Jerez de los Caballeros, church of San Bartolomé,<br />
with a baroque decoration of glazed ceramics. In this town were born Balboa, the first European to discover Pacific Ocean, and Hernando de Soto who first travelled on Southeastern United States  territories.
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  • Jerez de los Caballeros, church of San Bartolomé,<br />
with a baroque decoration of glazed ceramics. In this town were born Balboa, the first European to discover Pacific Ocean, and Hernando de Soto who first travelled on Southeastern United States  territories.
    em7420933.jpg
  • Jerez de los Caballeros, church of San Bartolomé,<br />
with a baroque decoration of glazed ceramics. In this town were born Balboa, the first European to discover Pacific Ocean, and Hernando de Soto who first travelled on Southeastern United States  territories.
    em7420945.jpg
  • Jerez de los Caballeros, church of San Bartolomé,<br />
with a baroque decoration of glazed ceramics. In this town were born Balboa, the first European to discover Pacific Ocean, and Hernando de Soto who first travelled on Southeastern United States  territories.
    em7420953.jpg
  • Jerez de los Caballeros, church of San Bartolomé,<br />
with a baroque decoration of glazed ceramics. In this town were born Balboa, the first European to discover Pacific Ocean, and Hernando de Soto who first travelled on Southeastern United States  territories.
    em7420972.jpg
  • Jerez de los Caballeros, church of San Bartolomé,<br />
with a baroque decoration of glazed ceramics. In this town were born Balboa, the first European to discover Pacific Ocean, and Hernando de Soto who first travelled on Southeastern United States  territories.
    em7420973.jpg
  • Jerez de los Caballeros, church of St Miguel. In this town were born the Conquistador Balboa, the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean, and Hernandio de Soto, the bfirst European to travel through Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi,. He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River.
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  • Jerez de los Caballeros, church of St Miguel. In this town were born the Conquistador Balboa, the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean, and Hernandio de Soto, the bfirst European to travel through Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi,. He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River.
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  • Jerez de los Caballeros, Puerta de Burgos on the walled city.. In this towni were born the Conquistador Balboa, the fiirst European to discover the Pacific Ocean, and Hernandio de Soto, the bfirst European to travel through Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi,. He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River.
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  • Jerez de los Caballeros. In this town was born the Conquistador Balboa, the fiirst European to discover the Pacific Ocean, Here the moment when Balboa traversed the Darien's Isthmis discovering the "Mar del Sur", later called Pacific Ocean.
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  • Jerez de los Caballero, the castle. In this town were born the Conquistador Balboa, the fiirst European to discover the Pacific Ocean, and Hernandio de Soto, the bfirst European to travel through Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi,. He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River.
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  • Zafra, a typical town of Southern Extremadura.
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  • Zafra, a typical town of Southern Extremadura.
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  • Zafra, a typical town of Southern Extremadura.
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  • Zafra, a typical town of Southern Extremadura.
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  • Zafra, old mansion.
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  • Zafra, a typical town of Southern Extremadura, the old Alcazar (XV century), now housing a parador.
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  • Plasencia, the cathedral. In Plasencia was born Inés Suárez, a Spanish conquistadora who participated in the Conquest of Chile with Pedro de Valdivia, successfully defending the newly conquered Santiago against an attack in 1541 by the indigenous Mapuche.
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