Zalamea de la Serena is a
municipality
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in the province of
Badajoz
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Extremadura
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, Spain. According to the 2014
census
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[ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)] the municipality has a population of 3797 inhabitants.
Zalamea is the setting of the play, “El Alcalde de Zalamea,” or the “
Mayor of Zalamea.”
Monuments include: the dystile, and church called ´El Cristo.´ There is a small village called Docenario close to Zalamea.
Monuments
There is a Dystile from Roman times. There is a castle and it is about 2,400 years old. There are two churches from Roman times.
Nine km to the north is
Cancho Roano, a temple/ritual site of the Tartessian period, now with a Visitor centre
Other buildings and facilities in Zalamea
There is a football field. There are some sport centres. There are some street lights.
There is a castle. It is big and the color brown. The castle has got two towers.
Festivals and Celebrations
There are festivals. There is a festival called ´Romeria.
There is a festival called ´San Cristobal and it is celebrated in the ´Charca.´ ´Charca´ is a big lake with fishing lines.
See also
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La Serena
References
External links
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Municipalities in the Province of Badajoz
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