On the edge of history, Mérida is the administrative capital of the autonomous region of Extremadura and has been declared as part of the Heritage of Man by UNESCO.
Badajoz has been one of the historical hot-spots of Spain. Firstly the Moors and Christians faced off in this region for many hundreds of years; For most of history, Badajoz has been frontier territory.
The history of the region has been one of conquest and reconquest. From the Ibers and Romans through to the troops of Napoleon and finally, the worst of them all, Civil War...
