By air

Badajoz has an air base open to civil traffic. The civilian area , managed by AENA , has direct flights to Barcelona and Madrid-Barajas , and in summer, also in Gran Canaria , Tenerife , Palma de Mallorca , Paris-Orly and Valencia .Installations are currently undergoing expansion, having already completed some stages, and end date in the second half of 2010. The project aims to intervene in the passenger terminal, aircraft apron and car park.

By train

The Badajoz Railway Station is located at the end of Carolina Avenue Coronado, on the right bank of the city, in the neighborhood of San Fernando.
Badajoz will feature an international station in the High Speed ​​Line, shared with Elvas , Portugal , at a point close to the border, belonging to the line Madrid - Talavera de la Reina - Navalmoral de la Mata - Plasencia - Caceres - MErida - Badajoz / Elvas - Evora - Lisbon .

Plaza of Spain, Cathedral of St. John Baptist de Badajoz, Monument to Morales, Castelar Park, Puerta de Palmas, Espantaperros Tower, Campus bastion of Badajoz, Plaza Alta

Plaza of Spain

Constitutes the core, whose current layout was designed by local architect Rodolfo Martinez, in the year 1918 and within it the great bulk cathedral that focuses on historical and artistic interest in the area.

Cathedral of St. John Baptist de Badajoz

The Cathedral of Badajoz SI , which owns metropolitan rank, is located in the Plaza of Spain, in the center of Badajoz . Along with the cathedral temple Meridan , is the seat of the archbishops of Extremadura , forming the Archdiocese MErida-Badajoz . In turn, together with the cathedral of Coria and Plasencia , founding partner of the partnership Cathedral Cities , which fifteen other Spanish cathedrals belong.

Monument to Morales

Monument to Morales is Located in the Plaza de San Juan, across from City Hall, and performed by the sculptor Extremadura Gabino Amaya. It was designed with a great foundation on which to place the portrait of the painter sitting Luis de Morales who carries his palette and brushes. He wanted to break the rigidity with an appearance of relaxation, while sitting in the chair as the creation of a brooding painting. It was established with a public competition which was attended by several sculptors and where Amaya was elected. Was funded by public subscription was opened in April 1925 .

Castelar Park

The Castelar Park located in the heart of the city Badajoz , in Extremadura , Spain . Its tall palm trees give a warm tropical air and where the visitor may also spot the central pond where wild ducks and pigeons. In the central area of the pond you can see a statue of the romanticist writer Carolina Coronado , born in the city of Almendralejo , and lived in BadajozThroughout the park is not uncommon to see peacocks walking in complete freedom.The area also has another similar park, just across the avenue, known as Playground seated under one of the bastions of the wall style Vauban which surrounded the city.

Puerta de Palmas

Gate or Porta de Palmas Palmas, and former New Gate, is a monumental gate of the wall that surrounded Badajoz in Spain , located across the Puente de Palmas . The completion of its construction dates from 1551 . It is one of the most representative monuments of the city.It consists of a memorial arch and two cylindrical towers solid appearance. At the outside, the semicircular arch is adorned with a crown of Charles I . In the interior facade stands a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Angels. The towers served as a royal prison until the late nineteenth century .

Espantaperros Tower

Espantaperros Tower, also known as Atalaya Tower is a watch tower next to the fortress of Badajoz , originally Almohad and octagonal. Built in 1169 , is about 30 m . He is often confused with AlpEndiz Tower, which stands near the door AlpEndiz, near the remains of the Church of Santa Maria de Calatrava.Follow the custom of Almohad military art of constructing polygonal flanking towers and in this sense, its construction is prior to the towers of Gold and Plate of Seville .

Campus bastion of Badajoz

The bastion system of Badajoz is a set of walls, forts, bastions, ditches and built ravelins in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that protected the city border , following the construction defensive theories popularized by the French military engineer Vauban .

Plaza Alta

The Plaza Alta de Badajoz , recently restored, was for several centuries the center of the city since it exceeded the limits of the Muslim citadel . Formerly known as public places siemplemente "the square".

Puente de Palmas

Palmas Bridge is the oldest bridge in the city of Badajoz , which crosses the river Guadiana . It was built in 1460 . His style is Herrera. It has 30 arches and measures 585 meters, though its dimensions were changed over the centuries, as the reconstruction succeeded.
At one end of the bridge is the Puerta de Palmas , one of the main entrances to the city in the past, making his way through the walls completely surrounding Badajoz .
 

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