The village San Felices de Los Gallegos, of medieval origin, is located west of the province, 105 kms. from the capital, across the border of Portugal and separated from it by the river Agueda. Master's Villa, Historical and Monumental, full of traces of the past that are maintained through a long and rich tradition. Although its actual founding as a village, dates back to the Bishop of Oporto Don Feli XI, in the year 688, establishing a colony of settlers originally from Galicia, hence its name, its origin dates from the Second Iron Age, as evidenced by a dolmen, the fort and the Vettons boar. There are substantial remains of its Roman and Arabic.

Later, after several border wars between the kingdoms of Castile and Portugal, King of Portugal Dionis IV conquired San Felices de Los Gallegos in the thirteenth century, raising the fortress. During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries the town had turnovers, due to inheritance, exchange, or claims, until in 1479 the Catholic Monarchs give it to D. Garcia Alvarez de Toledo, the first Duke of Alba, who between 1476 and 1479, ordered topping and subsequently building the current "Tower of Homage" to Juan Carrera, who also constructed the castle of Coria.

Between the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, and thanks to the peace achieved under the conclusive protection of the Duke of Alba and within the domains of the Crown of Castile, San Felices de Los Gallegos was really thriving, the Dominicans erected the convent of San Juan de Letrán and the Augustinians the convent of Passion. In turn, the population was increasing to reach 1,200 people, which also led to magnify artistic activity, building new chapels and private homes, and even rebuild the old church. During the reign of Philip II, and to avoid paying the tax to the Duchy of Alba "Noveno" (ninth of what they produced), the neighbors bought the unappropriated lands from the king and began litigation to remove this tax, unsuccessfully 1852, when they obtain a favorable ruling. The festival was instituted to celebrate this triumph, it continues at present, the second Sunday in May, the most important and representative of the town.

San Felices again had a leading role during the War of Independence and after numerous clashes, March 15, 1809 the town was taken by the French army and remained occupied for nearly three years. As a result the war left the destruction of the Convent of San Juan de Letran and partial ruin of several churches, but added an important piece of architecture, The French Bridge on the River Agueda. By the end of the century, a fire in the parish church and municipal archives destroyed altarpiece with paintings by Luis De Morales and coffered ceiling. This artistic disaster is to be considered together with the demolition of several arches of the wall, to facilitate the traffic. But despite these recent avatars, the Historic and Artistic has survived until today, make San Felices de Los Gallegos a must visit among the great treasures in Spain.