BADAJOZ, CAPITAL 0N THE FRONTIER
From his foundation, the city of Badajoz was at the center of an important geostrategic area, a few hundred kilometers in diameter, which are important locations in Portugal and Spain. It was important Muslim bastion until its conquest by Alfonso IX of Leon. Also center of border disputes and wars Restoration and Succession that for decades waged by the two countries peninsular. During the Wars of Independence, was erected along with the key Elvas in Portugal. Since the city and its monuments, it is possible to study the whole peninsular history.
Today in the United Europe, the channels of communication, trade and tourism, destroyed every day barriers of the past. The highways or roads existing or under construction, airports Badajoz and planned for the Beja, along with the Logistics and international AVE train station Elvas-Badajoz, strengthened our relations and our interests, increasingly closer ties that bind us.
TO VISIT CITIES AND MONUMENTS EXTREMADURA AND ALENTEJO, TO PULSATE ON THE POPULATIONS
