What to do in Badajoz

Ifeba is institution fair of Badajoz, each year organizes fairs related with the different economic sectors, in which present the main companies to generate commercial relations, multiply his contacts and present novelties. Began to operate in 1989.

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What to see

THE SIGHTSEEINGS OF MY TOWN
The sightseeings of my city are in the old town of Badajoz.
The principal monuments of my city are:

PLAZA ALTA OF BADAJOZ(SQUARE)
The Plaza Alta of Badajoz (Extremadura, Spain),

was for centuries, the centre of the city which had been Muslim fortress.
It has got arches which were markets held in the Middle Ages. There was also a venue for events and meetings of all kinds.

ALCAZABA
The Alcazaba of Badajoz is situated in the old part of Badajoz and surrounded by the river Guadiana .It is from 12th century .The Alcazaba of the monarchs of the kingdom ¨TAIFA¨. Inside the Alcazaba there are gardens.

TOWER OF ATALAYA OR TOWER OF ESPANTAPERROS.

Espantaperro’s Tower, also known as the Tower of the Alpendiz or its true name. Alpendiz tower is a watchtower adjacent to the fortress of Badajoz, originally Almohad and octagonal. Built in 1169, it is about 30 metres.
Following its construction in the 16th century, a Mudejar Tower was added to the temple .
It has recently been restored.

By Alejandro, Antonio, Fran and Juan

Sightseeings of Badajoz

By Juan

What to do: festivals

Carnival!

The carnival in my city is one of the best of Spain.
We’re going to tell you some information about the history of the carnaval in my city:
The carnaval Started on 1815 after the independence war.
This event has centuries of history, in the century XIX we had very important comparsas riding in carriages or horseback.
The carnaval disappeared from 1936 to 1980 beccause the Civil war forbade the celebration.

Nowadays, we have a murgas contest . The murgas are groups of people who meet to make a humorous criticism about the city life singing in a setting, in Lope de Ayala theater. They dress up about a subject or a character or something like this. We have 42 murgas but every year we have more. The murgas are like this:

We have comparsas too. The comparsas are groups of people who dance in a march-past whith original costumes like that:

We have 40 comparsas with more than 3500 people who form the parade.

The people who don’t participe in murgas o comparsas dress up and have a party in the street with music.
The carnival in Badajoz is the participation of the Dressed-up people in the street.The carnaval is in February on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
In these days we have an importan celebration, its name is the burial of the sardine. This day is the end of the celebration and we go to ‘’San Roque’’ (street) on Tuesday to eat grilled sardines.

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María Benítez, Gema, Alba and Raquel

What to see in Badajoz

Sightseeings

In Badajoz there are six Museums:

Archaeological provincial museum of Badajoz, Museum of fine arts, Museum of the metropolitan cathedral of Badajoz, Museum of the city, Extremaduran and Latin-American museum of contemporary art of Badajoz, and Museum trurino of the bullfighting Extremadura club.

Puente RealIt is called Royal because two years before the King and Queen of Spain put the first stone in the beginning of his construction. It is a modern bridge, with rail for bicycles, investor as panoramic sight and joins the newest zone of the city with Elvas's Avenue that leads to Portugal, to the University, Fairground, medical services and fairground enclosures.

Puerta Palmas is a monumental door of the wall that was surrounding Badajoz in Spain, located opposite the Bridge of Palms. The ending of this construction dates back of 1551. It is the most representative monument of the city.
It is integrated by a commemorative arch and two cylindrical towers of solid aspect. In the exterior front the arch is of half a point adorned with a shield of Carlos I. In the interior front there places a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Angels. The towers used as royal prison until ends of the 19th century.





The Cathedral of Badajoz (or Cathedral of San Juan Baptizer) is placed in the Plaza of Spain, in the center of Badajoz. In this temple took place the marriage of the future king don Fernando VI with the Portuguese princess dona Barbara de Braganza in 1729, which was a queen of Spain up to the death of the first one in 1758.

Written by Silvia, Irene and Laura

THE ORIGINS OF BADAJOZ

THE ORIGINS OF BADAJOZ

Ibn Marwan:

This well-know muladi with the nickname of “ Al Yilliqui”, was son of the wali or governor from Merida. In the year 875. Ibn Marwan is able to impose its conditions to build Batalyaws without paying tributes to Cordoba, being born this way the Kingdom of Badajoz.

AL-MOSSASSA

With this name that means “The Foundation of Badajoz” the city has commemorated its origins from 1998. The celebration is held at the end of the month of September and beginning of October, the Arab foundation of the city. In these days Badajoz returns to the 9th century.

Written by: Daniel, Nacho, Luis and Sergio

Where is Badajoz?

Badajoz is in souhtwest of Spain.

Badajoz has got a river, The Guadiana and it is the capital of one of the two provinces that are part of the Autonomous Community of Estremadura.

Its climate can be defined as Mediterranean , with Atlantic influences. It was part of the Aftasí Kingdom and it was a strong border city; It is the biggest city of Estremadura.
It possesses a strategic situation in the border with Portugal. We are just 14 km from Portugal.

Written by Cristina and Silvia García