Guía Turística de Museos y Colecciones de Extremadura. Badajoz
Parish church in Vva. de la Serena
monument to Pedro de Valdivia, who discovered Chile. The Monastery of San Benito, also called Palacio Prioral is worth visiting. Not far from Villanueva is the Castle of Castelnovo or De la Encomienda, near Valdivia. Near Villanueva de la Serena and also next to the river Guadiana and dedicated to agriculture with irrigation are a collection of recently founded villages which are growing all the time such as Entreríos, Gargáligas and Yelbes. In Acedera we can see the 16th century parish church, which was badly damaged in the Lisbon earthquake (18th century), close by are some other recent villages Obando, Vegas Altas and Zurbarán. Near to Madrigalejo some “verracos” (sculptures of wild
boar) and objects from the Celtic era were found, which can now be seen in the Provincial Archaeological Museum of Cáceres and the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid. The parish church is San Juan Bautista, from the early 16th century. In Rena one of the most interesting prehistoric idols in Extremadura was found, which can be seen in the Provincial Archaeological Museum in Badajoz. This village is near the Ruecas river and its parish church; Ntra. Sra. de los Ángeles was built in the 15th century and modified later. On the way to Don Benito we will go through Villar de Rena, founded by the Order of the Templars in the 13th century and 118