Valverde

Valverde de la Vera lies on the southern slopes of the mountains east of Plasencia. Its castle was the centre of a lordship that passed through several noble families after the Christian settlement of the region. In the fifteenth century Leonor Niño de Portugal married Diego López de Zúñiga, who became count of Nieva in 1473. The counts altered the castle, and their rule marked a period of prosperity for the town. A Jewish community was also present here in the later fifteenth century.