 Ayuntamiento (City Hall) | ||
| Azuaga | ||
| region | Badajoz | |
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| Residents | 7.747 (2020) | |
| height | 593 m | |
| Tourist info web | www.azuaga.es | |
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Azuaga is a city in the province Badajoz in the autonomous region of Extremadura.
background
Azuaga has an ancient history. There are traces from the 3rd millennium BC. BC, the Neolithic period. The Romans called the city Municipium Iulium Ugultuniacum. In the Moorish times the city was called Zuwaga. It was ended by the reconquest in 1236. Azuaga grew in the 15th to 18th centuries. Houses, palaces and churches were built. From 1894 to 1947 the Azuaga mine produced lead and vanadium.
getting there
By train
The 66 km away Zafra has a train station. From there you can go to Seville or Merida drive.
In the street
Azuaga is on the N-432 from Cordoba to Zafra.
mobility
You can explore everything worth seeing on foot.
Tourist Attractions
- Iglesia parroquial de Ntra. Sra. de la Consolación. From the 16th century. Considered an important church in the Badajoz province. It is the next largest after the cathedral in Badajoz. The style is Gothic. It has a magnificent portal with fine decorative motifs.
Iglesia Ntra. Sra. de la Consolación
Iglesia Cristo del Humilladero
- Iglesia de la Merced. Built in the Gothic Mudejar style in the 15th century.
- Iglesia parroquial del Cristo del Humilladero. A baroque church, completed in 1752. Behind the altar is a small crypt with the bones of those who died in the civil war.
- Eremita de la Auror. From the 17th century
- Plaza de Toro. From the 19th century.
- Museo Entigráfico de Azuaga
Museo Etnográfico de Azuaga
activities
shop
- Jamón de pata negra the famous air-dried acorn ham from the semi-wild black Iberian pigs (Cerdo Ibérico). The animals are kept free-range in oak forests. The ham is called Jamón Ibérico de Bellota (Iberian acorn ham) or better quality Jamón de pata negra (Black paw ham).
kitchen
Recommended restaurants are:
- La Dehesa
- Hotel Mirador de Azuaga
- Las Conchas restaurant
nightlife
accommodation
Cheap
- Hostal Las Conchas **. Tel.: 34 924 890 239.
- Hostal Bar Nuevo **. Tel.: 34 924 890 815.
medium
- Hotel Mirador de Azuaga ***. Tel.: 34 924 892 930.
health
Practical advice
trips
- Zafra. Approx. 66 km.
- Llerena. Approx. 30 km.
