Alcántara - Peña Buraca

Alcántara is a small Spanish town (pop 1500) that got its name from the Arabs for the nearby Roman bridge. In 1213 the area was reconquered by the troops of Alfonso IX. A few years later the place came under the command of the Alcántara Knights.

Peña Buraca is an archaeological site located near Alcántara that had been mistakenly traditionally identified with a prehistoric sanctuary,

It receives its name from a rock that houses and that has two large cavities known as "eyes". According to the remains found, the site was inhabited in the late Roman and early medieval periods. There are abundant wine presses excavated in the rock and numerous tombs carved in stone.