The great importance of Estremadura In the history of Spain, which you can currently see reflected during the visit of its towns and its monuments, it has also had the queen isabella the catholic protagonist.
Now with the purpose of facilitating the knowledge of history and the passage of the character through different historical enclaves of this community, the proposal is Route of Isabel the Catholic in Extremadura, in the image and likeness of the one that already exists in Castilla y Leon.
Without a doubt, the success of the television series dedicated to Isabel the Catholic has made this character topical, and during the development of the series it is possible to see several of the historical enclaves. Specifically in Estremadura, the series shows the streets of the city of caceres, with the prominence of places like the church of san juan and Carvajal palace.
La Route of Isabel the Catholic In Extremadura, the protagonists are: seven historic enclaves.
Clearly Guadalupe It is one of the most significant places since up to 17 visits by the Castilian queen to her monastery are documented. Isabel went there for the first time in 1483 during the negotiations that her brother Henry IV had with Alfonso V of Portugal to discuss your marriage commitment.
La War of succession, between 1476 and 1479, and a meeting with Christopher Columbus after Discovery of America (1492) were other reasons why Isabel the Catholic visited the Guadalupe monastery.
Trujillo It is another of the Elizabethan enclaves in Extremadura. During the aforementioned War of succession The streets of this town lived in conflict between his followers and those of Juana la Beltraneja.
For its part, close to Madrigalejo death surprised Ferdinand the Catholic when traveling to Guadeloupe. In Madrigalejo they cross the roman way that linked Mérida and Toledo and Mozarabic Way that came from Cordova.
En Caceres Isabel the Catholic He resided for a month in 1477 to pacify the town after clashes between noble families and the council. It was at that time when the towers of the palaces of the city's nobles were torn down for not supporting it in its dynastic dispute with Juana la Beltraneja.
Two years later she returned with her husband. King Ferdinand the Catholic for Jura de Fueros.
Plasencia It also has a presence on this historical and tourist route because that was where the resistance to the crown of Isabel. The nobles were in favor of Juana la Beltraneja, who married his uncle in Plasencia Alfonso V of Portugal.
At Argollas Palace of Plasencia The court was established in 1475, and from this historic and beautiful town in Extremadura the Castilla's crown.
Given that relations with Portugal conditioned the presence of the Catholic kings in Extremadura, it is logical that Alcantara y Valencia de Alcantara be the other towns that make up the Route of Isabel the Catholic.
En Alcantara he went to Alfonso V. resigned from the Castilla's crown in 1479 in favor of the Catholic kings. And in Valencia de Alcantara Peace was definitively sealed with Portugal after the wedding between Isabel, firstborn of the Catholic kings, with the then king of Portugal, Manuel the Fortunate.
In short, this route is a new pretext for travel to Extremadura and tour some of its most important historical enclaves.
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