Surface term (km².): 68

Altitude: 640

Population: 2457 inhabitants

Located in the ecological enclave of the Mountain range of the Villuercas, in the northeast of Extremadura, the southern skirt of the hill of Altamira, in a land with pronounced slopes and unevennesses, the high point but is the Tip of the Villuercas with 1,600 meters

    It bathes rio to him  Guadalupejo, that is born in the Villuercas reuniting the little streams and throats of I finish before ending at the Guadiana.

As much recognized by his Monastery, declared Artistic Historical National Monument and Patrimony of the Humanity by UNESCO, like by the beauty of his typical districts, it is surrounded by beautiful natural places, being at the moment one of the marianos but visited centers of Spain.

The Real Monastery is of gothic style to mudéjar with a church of the s. XV, in which the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe venerates in its beautiful Dressing room. Beautiful sacristía in the mentioned Monastery with works of frontier painter Zurbarán, in addition to other diverse museums, that are elevated around their beautiful claustro to mudéjar, in the center of which templete of  this same style rises impressive. They emphasize the room to capitulate, with one of the best collections of Spain of miniados books, the chapel of the relics, in which it emphasizes the arqueta of enamels, the museum of paintings and sculptures, the museum of the embroiderings, etc.

The Inn of Tourism is located in the old School of Infants, also of style to mudéjar.

It populates it declared Joint Histórico-Artístico, one of the most visited of Extremadura, is a good example of medieval locality that, around his main soportales and streets it offers artisan multitude of commerce and exhibitions with products of the region. They emphasize in its environs the hermitage of the Humilladero and the farms of Valdefuentes and Mirabel, declared Monuments of Cultural Interest. It has numerous mills and beautiful places.