Location from Resident Evil 4 by Capcom
A Spanish farming village consumed by Las Plagas — where RE4's nightmare begins with an axe, a chainsaw, and a bell that shouldn't bring relief.
The village is where RE4 teaches you its rules. The opening siege — Leon surrounded by Ganados in the village square, Dr. Salvador's chainsaw revving somewhere behind a house, the crowd pushing in from every direction — is one of gaming's most iconic sequences. And then a bell rings from the church, and every Ganado simply... walks away. Mid-attack. Without explanation. The atmosphere is rural horror at its finest. Every house could have enemies. Traps are strung in doorways. Bodies are nailed to walls. The Ganados aren't shambling zombies — they work together, flank, use tools, and set ambushes. The village feels lived-in and wrong: there's food on tables, fires in hearths, but the life has been replaced with something that mimics it. After the opening, the village area expands into surrounding farmland, a lake, and the paths leading to the church and eventually the castle. Each sub-area escalates: the lake has Del Lago, the farm has El Gigante, the chief's house has Mendez waiting.
Clustered stone houses with clay tile roofs arranged around a central square. A church sits on the hill above. Farmland and livestock pens surround the village, though the animals are gone and the fields are unkempt. Wooden barricades block some paths. Bonfires burn in the square where something — or someone — was recently immolated. Crows perch everywhere.
Also known as: The Village, Pueblo, Village Square