A beautiful Spanish city, located just 6km away from the Portuguese border, welcomes far fewer tourists than its famous neighbours.
Badajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in Extremadura, Spain. It is located on the left of the bank of the river Guadiana. It is 61km from Merida, 226km east of Lisbon and 405km from Madrid.
After the Reconquista, the area was disputed between Spain and Portugal for several centuries, with alternating control resulting in several wars including the Spanish War of Succession (1705), the Storming of Badajoz (1812) and the Spanish Civil War (1936).
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