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San Martín de Trevejo

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Ideal for a quiet visit

Ideal time to visit. Low tourist numbers expected.

IN FIGURES

Heritage and Tradition

600m

ALTITUDE

MAÑEGO

DIALECTO

800

INHABITANTS

S. XVII

ARCHITECTURE

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San Martín de Trevejo, nestled in the Sierra de Gata. Nature and heritage.

San Martín de Trevejo is located between the Sierra de Gata and the Portuguese border, where the valley language called "a fala" or "mañegu" is currently spoken by only about 6,000 people in the area.

The past of this place is reflected in its rich historical heritage, which highlights the main square, the bell tower, the house of the Encomienda or the Church of San Martin de Tours, a building with three naves and that keeps three tables of the painter Luis de Morales "El Divino" from the sixteenth century. Its traditional three-storey half-timbered houses take the visitor back to another era

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Points of interest

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Plaza Mayor

Heart of the town. In its center there is a circular fountain engraved in 1888. Meeting point and administrative center, surrounded by the traditional architecture of the village. Declared a

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Bell Tower

Tower-belfry independent of the church, of granite masonry. The upper part was rebuilt in the sixteenth century and retains the coat of arms of Charles V. Symbol of the civil and religious power of the

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Casa de la Encomienda

Historic building linked to the Encomienda de la Orden de Alcántara in the Sierra de Gata. It is part of the civil heritage that makes up the historical complex of San Martín de Trevejo.

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Chubs with a face

Wooden beams protruding from the facades, carved in the shape of faces or figures. Characteristic element of the traditional architecture of the region: the buttresses support the upper floors that are built in the shape of a face or figure.

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Stately homes

Noble houses that reflect the past of the village in the Sierra de Gata. Stone and wood architecture integrated in the Historic-Artistic Site, with balconies and traditional half-timbered structures.

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Typical "Mañegas" houses

Traditional dwellings of the mañegos (inhabitants of San Martín). Three levels: ground floor of stone with cellar or stable; upper floors of adobe and timber framing that are advanced on robu

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