Extremadura Guide Eng 2016

jar Gothic style in Extremadura. Visitors are amazed by its beauty and its Museums, which hold embroideries, illumi- nated books, pictorial works such as those painted by the dis- tinguished Extremaduran painter Zurbarán, sculptures and other artistic jewels. All of them are kept inside a Monastery where the image of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, the pa- tron saint of Extremadura and of great religious influence in América, is venerated.

Besides, there are other interesting itineraries that are worth mentioning. Some of them are the Descubridores Route , which goes through those localities closely connect- ed with the Extremaduran people who were involved in the American adventure of the 15th and 16th centuries, or the Em- balses Route , which contributes to visitors’ acquaintance with the thousands of kilometres of fresh-water rivers thanks to its reservoirs, authentic sport and faunal paradises.

Major altarpiece of Monastery of Guadalupe

Reservoir of Orellana

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