The name of the Verraco bridge is given because a boar was found in one of the cutwaters, upstream of the bridge, which was finally transferred to the Provincial Archaeological Museum of Cáceres.

In Botija, more boars have been found, animal-shaped zoomorphic sculptures that demonstrate the settlement of the Vetton people in this area, whose maximum expression is found in the Castro Vetton in Villasviejas del Tamuja, where other sculptures of the same type were also found. .