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Alcuéscar
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Alcuéscar () is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. The town is on the Silver Route (the Via de la Plata) branch of the Camino de Santiago, the pilgrimage trail to the burial place of St. James the Apostle.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Alcuéscar is referenced by 232 other articles, and connects out to Cáceres Province, Spain and list of sovereign states.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Municipalities in the Province of Cáceres.
Its subject is documented across 40 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Alcuéscar
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera de Alcuéscar (Cáceres).svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Alcuéscar (Cáceres).svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Spain.
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Extremadura
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Cáceres
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Tierra de Montánchez
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Tierra de Montánchez
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 108
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 488
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Official name
- Alcuéscar
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Cáceres Province
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 2454
- Area
- 108
- Elevation
- 488
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Mérida
- Image
- Alcuéscar 17.jpg
- Licence plate code
- CC
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- postal code
- 10160
- Commons category
- Alcuéscar
- male population
- 1351
- female population
- 1242
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Encyclopedic overview
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Alcuéscar () is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. The town is on the Silver Route (the Via de la Plata) branch of the Camino de Santiago, the pilgrimage trail to the burial place of St. James the Apostle.
The most noticeable feature of the small town is a convent and affiliated care facility for the disabled. The convent and church have large gardens. The services are very beautiful, and include special blessings for travelers and pilgrims. The convent is known for its hospitality, running an albergue (pilgrim's shelter), including a donativo (donation suggested) meal. They are also one of the primary sources of pilgrim's shells for people walking this route of the Camino de Santiago, and their style of shells are distinctive.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alcuéscar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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