Spain
Andalusia
Jaén
Sierra De Segura
Santiago-Pontones
Abandoned Village of Las Canalejas
Spain
Andalusia
Jaén
Sierra De Segura
Santiago-Pontones
Abandoned Village of Las Canalejas
Abandoned Village of Las Canalejas
Mountain Biking Highlight
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This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Parque Natural de la Sierra de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas
Location: Santiago-Pontones, Sierra De Segura, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain
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The mountain villages of Las Canalejas and Los Centenares, together with fifty other mountain villages in the Sierra de Segura, were abandoned in the middle of the last century when the largest hunting ground in Spain was created in the environmental space of the current natural park. The inhabitants were evicted from their villages and their houses demolished so as not to interfere with hunting activities, they left their houses, crops, herds and memories of a lifetime. The Las Canalejas cemetery, on the outskirts of the village, evokes a lifestyle that lies in the sleeping memory of eternal mountains.
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•March 14, 2022
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