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Hornachos
Being aware of their Moorish past, the people of Hornachos have focused on understanding and recovering their history with Morocco
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The imprint of Moorish times
Location and Contact:
- Contact person: Hornachos Tourist Office
- Tel.:+34 924 533 533
- Fax: Oficina de Turismo de Hornachos
- Email: Oficina de Turismo de Hornachos
- Website address: www.hornachos.es
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Being aware of their Moorish past, the people of Hornachos have focused on understanding and recovering their history with Morocco
Hornachos is dominated by a fortress-castle in the shape of a boat from atop its outcrop. This is believed to have been built during the first Arab invasions, although Hornachos has been inhabited since the Neolithic, as is demonstrated by the schematic cave paintings at La Sillá and Sierra de Pinos.
The best way of getting in touch with the history of Hornachos and its legacy is to follow a route and lose yourself in its culture. Some must-sees include the fuente de los moros spring, and the red brick aqueduct. Continue towards the Posito, which is currently used as a Morisco culture visitors' centre, and from there head towards the Purísima Concepción parish church, a major architectural site in the Mudejar style, with its beautiful coffered ceiling. Continue towards the Mudejar-style San Francisco convent-church, and then the fuente de los cristianos spring. End at the pilar de cuatro caños drinking fountain, where you can rest after your lovely walk.
Refresh yourself by trying some of the local dishes, such as migas (fried breadcrumbs), gazpacho, caldereta de conejo (rabbit stew), caldillo soup and black pudding. And remember to wash your food down with some local wine -red, white, young, aged and "pitarra"- and finish your feast with some piñonates (pine nut pastries), "puchas" ("porridge") or delicious repápalos de arroz (rice doughnuts).
Traditional fiestas in Hornachos, in addition to that of its patron saint, the Virgen de los Remedios on 8 September, include the recently added, but very important matanza didáctica, which takes place in the last week of February to remember the ancient, and essential, activity of killing and butchering a pig.
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Target audience:
- Families
- Young people
- Single people
- Senior citizens
- Children
- Couples
- Single people
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Castle of Hornachos
The castle of Hornachos in the province of Badajoz still has some traces of its Muslim past and shows signs of its importance for the military orders of Santiago and Alcántara.
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Church of Purísima Concepción
The Church of Purísima Concepción is located in the town of Hornachos and is the most representative Mudejar building in Extremadura, which has led to its declaration as a Historic-Artistic Monument.
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El Pósito de Hornachos
De estilo mudéjar, este antiguo almacén de cereales acoge el Centro de Interpretación de la Cultura Morisca y es uno de los edificios más emblemáticos de Hornachos.
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Sierra Grande De Hornachos Special Protection Area (SPA) for Birds and Site of Scientific Interest (SSI)
Water birds nest alongside the rivers that flow down from the mountains.
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Centro de Interpretación de la Zona de Interés Regional Sierra Grande de Hornachos
El centro de Interpretación "Sierra Grande de Hornachos" muestran el patrimonio natural y cultura de este entorno singular en Tierra de Barros.
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Hornachos Tourist Office
El Centro de Recepción de Visitantes de Hornachos es un lugar donde el turista recibe información del entorno natural que rodea a Hornachos y sus alrededores.