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Events in Extremadura

Zafra Holy Week
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Zafra Holy Week

Event

The beautiful monuments of the city are the backdrop to the processions organized by the 8 hermandades (brotherhoods) to hold their processions.

Location:

Zafra, Badajoz

The Empalaos
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The Empalaos

Event

Valverde de la Vera hosts this ancestral ritual which has been declared a Festivity of Tourist Interest in Extremadura.

Location:

Valverde de la Vera, Cáceres

The Chiviri Festival in Trujillo
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The Chiviri Festival in Trujillo

Event

This Festivity of Tourist Interest in Extremadura brings thousands of people together in Mayor de Trujillo square.

Location:

Trujillo, Cáceres

The Mini Race
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The Mini Race

Event

This fiesta is one of the most eagerly awaited events of the year by Villanueva locals, namely, the re-encounter between the Virgin and Her Son. An encounter that brings together thousands of locals and visitors alike.

Location:

Villanueva de la Serena, Badajoz

Piedraescrita Pilgrimage
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Piedraescrita Pilgrimage

Event

Campanario decks itself out and lives this feast of light and colour in honour of the Virgin of Piedraescrita.

Location:

Campanario, Badajoz

Day of Light
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Day of Light

Event

Declared to be a Festivity of Tourist in Extremadura, this is an Easter Monday fiesta held in honour of the Virgin of Light.  

Location:

Arroyo de la Luz, Cáceres

El Festivalino
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El Festivalino

Event

El Festivalino used to boast to be the smallest festival in the world but this label is increasingly outdated. Every April, the town of Pescueza organizes an event that combines music, culture and environmental activism, and which, thanks to the quality of artist and the programmed activities, has made itself a name in the festival Spanish scene.

Location:

Plaza Mayor, 8 Pescueza, Cáceres

Fiesta el Capazo
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Fiesta el Capazo

Event

Location:

Plaza Mayor, 1 Torre de Don Miguel, Cáceres

Alburquerque Half Marathon
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Alburquerque Half Marathon

Event

Sport amongst monuments

Location:

Alburquerque, Badajoz

Bajada y Novenario de la Virgen de la Montaña
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Bajada y Novenario de la Virgen de la Montaña

Event

The procession of the Virgin, from the sanctuary of the mountain to Santa María co-cathedral, declared a Festival of Regional Tourist Interest, is one of the biggest dates on the religious calendar in Cáceres.

Location:

Carretera de la Montaña, s/n Cáceres, Cáceres