Barcarrota is a Spanish municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura. It has a population of 3,664 (2007) and an area of 136.1 km².
Barcarrota was the location of the Battle of Villanueva de Barcarrota (1336), in which Castilian troops decisively defeated a Portuguese army.
It was claimed by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, likely incorrectly, to be the birthplace of Hernando de Soto.[2]
^Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^Muñoz de San Pedro, Miguel; Lamb, Ursula (1965). "Note about the Birthplace of Hernando de Soto". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 44 (1/2): 45–50. ISSN 0015-4113. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
Barcarrota is a Spanish municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura. It has a population of 3,664 (2007) and an area of 136.1 km². Barcarrota...
The Battle of Villanueva de Barcarrota was fought in 1336 near the town of Villanueva de Barcarrota in Extremadura between troops of the Kingdom of Portugal...
Guzmán, defeated the troops of Afonso IV in the Battle of Villanueva de Barcarrota. Their victory forced the king of Portugal to desert the city and it fell...
towns—Badajoz, Barcarrota and Jerez de los Caballeros—each claim to be his birthplace. Historian Ursula Lamb writes that the Barcarrota claim can be traced...
regains Djerba. Luso-Castillian War (1336–39) Battle of Villanueva de Barcarrota (1336) Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1337) Location: Iberian Peninsula Crown...
and the municipal militias of Badajoz invaded Cheles, Alconchel and Barcarrota in 1272, although those territories were retroceded to the Order by means...
Treaty of Alcañices Luso-Castillian War (1336–39) Battle of Villanueva de Barcarrota (1336) Location: Iberian Peninsula Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile...
Enterprise Florida. October 2019 "Hermanamientos De Barcarrota" (in Spanish). Municipalidad de Barcarrota. Archived from the original on July 27, 2007. Retrieved...
Nájera. King Fernando I in Antequera Equestrian of Hernando de Soto in the Barcarrota. Hernando de Soto in Badajoz Saint George killing the dragon by Pere Johan...
under Muhammad IV, Castilian victory. 1336 - Battle of Villanueva de Barcarrota - Fought between the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Portugal, Castilian...
western Spain. It borders with Portugal in the west. Alconchel Almendral Barcarrota Cheles Higuera de Vargas Nogales Olivenza Táliga Torre de Miguel Sesmero...
Spanish heritage with a full-scale replica of Hernando DeSoto's home in Barcarrota, Spain, a 16th-century chapel, and a fountain with a bronze sculpture...
in Panama in 1519. Hernando de Soto was a nobleman from Villanueva de Barcarrota. After Nicaragua, he campaigned in Peru, served as governor of Cuba, and...
primitive tribes of Iberian race, since the territory between this town and Barcarrota, counts on one of the majors concentrations of megalithic tombs [4] of...
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