Olivenza
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Olivenza or Olivença is a town in southwestern Spain, close to the Portugal–Spain border. It is a municipality belonging to the province of Badajoz, and to the wider autonomous community of Extremadur
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![View of the Castle of Olivenza from the South circa 1509, as drawn by Duarte D'Armas [pt].](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Castelo_de_Oliven%C3%A7a_-_Duarte_D%27Armas_1509.JPG/500px-Castelo_de_Oliven%C3%A7a_-_Duarte_D%27Armas_1509.JPG)
View of the Castle of Olivenza from the South circa 1509, as drawn by Duarte D'Armas [pt].
Ruins of 16th-century Ponte da Ajuda over the Guadiana, in the ancient road between Elvas and Olivenza
Church interior, built in Manueline late-gothic style.
Couto Misto
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Couto Misto was an independent microstate on the border between Spain and Portugal. It comprised the villages of Santiago de Rubiás, Rubiás, and Meaus, all in the Salas Valley, Ourense, Galicia. The t
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…government, as recently as 2004, that the issue is still frozen. Border treaties since 1817, including the Treaty of Lisbon which partitioned the state of Couto Misto, have avoided any conclusion on the area of Olivenza. Portuguese military maps do not show the border at that area, implying it to be undefined (see…
Commemorative plaque on the church of Santiago de Rubiás
A view of Meaus, one of the three villages that composed the Couto Mixto
Church of Santiago de Rubiás, one of the three villages that composed the Couto Mixto
Part of the Caminho Privilegiado in Santiago de Rubiás