The economy of Miajadas relies heavily on the cultivation and processing of tomatoes. Local producers churn out fried tomatoes, tomato juice, tomato soup, ketchup, and more. Residents are so proud of their cash crop that they decided pay tribute by building a giant tomato along the highway.
Miajadas is a little town located in central Cáceres, a province in the autonomous community of Extremadura in Spain. To celebrate the local tomato industry, the Miajadas city council commissioned the large tomato sculpture. To form the round shape, artist Miguel Ángel Martín Gallardo curved a fiberglass exterior around steel ribs. The tomato is 18 feet (5.5 meters) in diameter and sits atop a base that holds it 40 feet (12 meters) high.
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| Benquerencia Audio Guide en es | 23.3km | site_izi | |||
| Cave of Maltravieso | 2020 | 52.5km | site_ao | ||
| Trampantojo Art of Romangordo | 2019 | 67.6km | site_ao | ||
| Museo del Queso | 2019 | 63.3km | site_ao | ||
| The Tower of the Storks | 2019 | 53.7km | site_ao | ||
| Don Alvaro Alley | 2019 | 53.6km | site_ao | ||
| Hermitage of Santo Cristo | 2019 | 70.8km | site_ao | ||
| The ‘Astronaut’ of Casar | 2019 | 53.6km | site_ao | ||
| Moorish Cistern of Cáceres | 2019 | 53.6km | site_ao | ||
| Car in Concrete | 2017 | 59.8km | site_ao | ||
| Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida | 1993 | 46km | site_whs | ||
| Old Town of Cáceres | 1986 | 53.7km | site_whs | ||
| Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe | 1993 | 59.5km | site_whs |
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