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Location: Alcalá De La Selva, Maestrazgo, Teruel, Aragon, Spain

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1. Virgen de la Vega – Puerto de Sollavientos loop from La Virgen de la Vega

108km

07:46

2,310m

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2. Linares de Mora Village Center – Virgen de la Vega loop from Urbanización Solano de la Vega

62.5km

05:49

1,420m

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3. Peñarroya Peak – La Chaparrilla Refuge loop from Alcalá de la Selva

29.3km

02:35

770m

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Rafa Ferrer

May 24, 2022

Keep your eyes wide open so as not to miss any landscape

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Gonzalo

July 8, 2024

The geodesic vertex called Peñarroya points 2028.228 m with respect to the base of the observation pillar, but it sits on two bodies of stone masonry. Altitude of the bodies of the order of 10 or 11 meters in total. LIDAR data confirm a ground level elevation of 2017 m.

Peñarroya is a chromotoponym that refers to the color of the rocks that make up the mountain. The spelling in the Spanish language is Peñarroya and in the Aragonese language Penyarroya or Peñarroya depending on the spelling chosen for the palatal nasal.

The origin of the toponym is quite clear. It combines the common noun peña, from the Latin PĭNNAM, 'battlement', with the adjective RŭBEŭS, -A, -UM 'blond'. The toponym reflects the reddish hue of the terrain. The spelling Penya (in addition to others such as Penna or Peña) is included in many medieval texts in Aragon. For example, in 1448 to designate the summit of the mountain range (of Peña) that rises above Sos del Rey Católico on the border, then, with the kingdom of Navarra.

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Location: Alcalá De La Selva, Maestrazgo, Teruel, Aragon, Spain

Peñarroya Summit and Observation Tower

1. Virgen de la Vega – Puerto de Sollavientos loop from La Virgen de la Vega

2. Linares de Mora Village Center – Virgen de la Vega loop from Urbanización Solano de la Vega

3. Peñarroya Peak – La Chaparrilla Refuge loop from Alcalá de la Selva

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