evidence: Olivenza is a municipality that was founded by the Order of the Temple in the 13th century. Because it is on the Spanish-Portuguese border, it has changed sides on some occasions between those two countries. This fact has provoked some diplomatic confrontations between them in the past. Nowadays, there are still irredentist movements that through propaganda and cultural activity try to move the Portuguese authorities to claim the territory of Olivenza from Spain. [...] Olivenza is in between Extremadura and Alentejo. In it you learn about the diversity of Spain, listening to its countrymen and their accents. We visited Olivenza on a cloudy winter day, where the first drops of a brief storm were beginning to fall. People ran to get into the church for the mass at twelve while we looked for a bar to drink coffee. Finding it, I stopped just before entering to look across the street. The Portuguese design of the town hall door captivated me, even more for being in Spanish territory than for the undeniable beauty of its Portuguese style. Petrified, I began to take pictures outdoors while the rain intensified. A neighbor came up to ask me if I was Portuguese with a plastic bag on his head as an umbrella. And he shrugged when I told him no, I’m Spanish. [...] Olivenza is in Spain, the Autonomous Community of Extremadura and the province of Badajoz.