La Coronada
BadajozExtremadura
Castilian toponym derived from coronada ('with crown, crowned'), applied to the profile of the hill surrounded by a calcareous outcrop that recalls a crown.
Pacense hamlet of La Serena with Iberian sculpture of the Reclining Woman from the 4th century BC (National Archaeological Museum). The Serena landscape is one of the most characteristic of Extremaduran pastoralism.
Evolution of the name
- corona Latin 5th–9th centuries
- La Coronada medieval Castilian from the 13th century
Glossary
- La Serena (region)
- Historical region of eastern Badajoz, between the Zújar river and the Tiros range, with a surface of 3,000 km² mostly dedicated to transhumant sheep livestock. The Serena merino sheep, native breed, produces the Serena PDO cheese. The region preserves 35,000 hectares of wooded dehesa with centenary holm oak groves.
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