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Church of Santa María Magdalena

This beautiful Manueline style temple was built in the first half of the 16th century. It also has valuable later additions from the 18th century.

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Alcazar and Torre del Homenaje

The construction of the Alcazar was begun in 1335 by King Afonso IV of Portugal. Around a parade ground rises this walled enclosure with four towers, the highest of them all the Homage Tower, reinforced by D. João II in 1488, when it became the highest in Portugal.

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Citadel and medieval wall

In 1306, the first wall of Olivenza was ordered to be built by King D. Dinis of Portugal. A canvas of 3m wide and 12m high, plus a moat and 15 towers, defended the town.

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Chapel of the Holy Spirit (Casa de Misericordia)

Founded in the 16th century, its chapel's historical tilework, dating from 1723, as well as its baroque altarpieces stand out.

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González Santana Ethnographic Museum

Located in the Alcázar of the castle and the King's Bakery, in the museum we find a collection of culinary utensils, farming tools and craftsmanship, furniture, ceramics and many other objects that allow us to walk through the rural and traditional culture of Extremadura.

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Bastioned Wall and Calvary Gate

Fourth and last walled enclosure of Olivenza, dating from the seventeenth century and suffered three major sieges during the Portuguese Restoration War. A large part of the nine original bastions are preserved. The Puerta del Calvario (Calvary Gate) is the only one of the three surviving gates of the 17th century bastioned wall. It opens with a semicircular arch crowned by a triangular pediment split by the mechanism of the old drawbridge.

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Municipal Palace

This building, which has housed the Casas Consistoriales since the 15th century, has a unique Manueline-style door.

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Convent of San Juan de Dios or of the Conception

Originally founded as a convent of the Poor Clares, its construction was completed in 1631 and it was later encircled by one of the bastions of the wall. After the Poor Clare nuns, it was occupied by a community of monks of San Juan de Dios and, in the 20th century, it was used as a barracks for the Carabineros and the Guardia Civil. Today it houses the Tourist Office.

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Bridge to Help

Puente Ayuda (or Ajuda) was ordered to be built by D. Manuel I of Portugal at the beginning of the 16th century. During the War of Succession to the Spanish throne, in 1709, it was destroyed by the Marquis of Bay to cut off the supplies to the square of Olivenza.

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Church of Santa María del Castillo

The present church was built between 1584 and 1627 in the late Renaissance style. The most important motif in this temple is the amazing altarpiece on the Gospel side: it is the largest preserved altarpiece of the Tree of Jesse.

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La Fuente de la Cuerna Cistern

Intramural historical fountain (the marble reservoir built over the spring, from which they drew water and poured the pitcher).

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