At first glance, Extremadura seems in no hurry to step into the 21st century. With an endless landscape of thirsty soil, scattered lakes, occasional sunflower fields, and gorgeous stone towns, the region seems stilled by time. Even Extremaduran cuisine reflects a pastoral age; local specialties include rabbit, partridge, lizard with green sauce, wild pigeon with herbs, and migas extremeñas (fried bread crumbs). Fittingly, Mérida’s ancient Roman ruins and the hushed beauty of Trujillo and Cáceres are now beginning to draw flocks of admirers looking for the “classic” Spanish countryside.
For Roman ruins per square foot, Mérida can’t be beat. In 26 BC, as a reward for services rendered to the Roman Empire, Augustus Caesar granted a group of veteran legionnaires a new city in Lusitania ...more
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