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whitewash-and-stone church of
Nuestra Señora de la Granada, its
sumptuous interior reflecting
the town’s former importance
as a seat of the Inquisition (see
p278). At one end of the square
is a fountain designed by
Zurbarán, who lived here for
15 years. Also worth seeing is
the 16th-century Convento
de Santa Clara, on a street
leading out of the main square.
Environs
At Azuaga, 30 km (20 miles)
to the east, is the Iglesia de la
Consolación, containing Ren-
aissance and Mudéjar tiles.

a Tentudía
Badajoz. @ Calera de León. n Plaza
de España 12, Calera de León, 924 584
084. Monasterio: Open Tue–Sun. &
8 (for groups).
∑ turismoextremadura.com
Where the Sierra Morena runs
into Andalucía, fortified towns
and churches founded by the
medieval military orders stand
among the wooded hills of
Altarpiece by Zurbarán in the Iglesia de la Candelaria at Zafra Tentudía. Here, on a hilltop,
stands the tiny Monasterio de
15th-century Convento de ceramics; San Miguel, whose Tentudía. Founded in the 13th
Santa Clara. Nearby is the brick tower domi nates the century by the Order of Santiago,
Alcázar de los Duques de Feria, Plaza de España; and Santa the monastery contains a superb
now a para dor with a patio of María de la Encarnación. Mudéjar cloister, and reredos
Herreriano style. with Seville azulejos (tiles).
Environs Calera de León, just 6 km
o Jerez de los Fregenal de la Sierra, 25 km (4 miles) north of Tentudía, has
a Renaissance convent, also
(16 miles) to the south, is an
Caballeros attractive old town with a founded by the Order of
bullring inside a 13th-century Santiago, with a Gothic church
Badajoz. * 10,000. @ n Plaza de Templar castle, and the restored and a cloister on two floors.
San Agustín 1, 924 73 03 72. ( Wed.
_ Easter week, Feria del Jamón (May). 16th-century convent of San
∑ turismo.jerezdeloscaballeros.es Francisco. The Palace of the
Condes de Torrepilares (C/
The hillside profile of Jerez, Iglesia de Santa Ana) is a superb
broken by three Baroque church example of civil architecture.
towers, is one of Extremadura’s
most picturesque. This small
town is also historically p Llerena
important – Vasco Núñez de Badajoz. * 6,000. £ @ n Calle
Balboa, who discovered the Aurora 3, 924 87 05 51. ( Thu.
Pacific, was born here. In the _ Nuestra Señora de la Granada
castle, now laid out as gardens, (1–15 Aug). ∑ llerena.org
knights of the Order of Knights
Templar were beheaded in the Extremadura’s southeastern
Torre Sangrienta (Bloody Tower) gateway to Andalucía, the town
in 1312. The old quarters of the of Llerena is a mixture of
town grew up around three Mudéjar and Baroque build ings.
churches: San Bartolomé, its In the pretty square, lined with
façade studded with glazed palm trees, stands the arcaded, Bullring at Fregenal de la Sierra

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