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Roman Road of Puerto de la Fuenfría

Roman Road of Puerto de la Fuenfría

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Location: Cercedilla, Guadarrama, Madrid, Spain

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1. Guadarrama National Park - from Cercedilla to Navacerrada Pass via Schmid path

26.6km

09:23

1,080m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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2. Ascent to the Cierros Ventoso and Minguete — circular via the Roman road of Fuenfría: Sierra de Guadarrama National Park

11.6km

04:57

750m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Los Corralitos Meadow – Fuenfría Pass loop from Cercedilla

13.1km

05:30

840m

830m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Juanjo Alonso Kapi

March 19, 2022

The Roman road of the port of Fuenfría represents the best preserved road section of Roman origin in the Community of Madrid. Since its construction in the 1st century, it has been used for centuries by the peoples of the two plateaus to cross the peaks of the Sierra de Guadarrama, undergoing important improvement and maintenance reforms, such as the reconstruction of the bridges in the Madrid sector in 1728. The construction of an engineering work of such magnitude for the time meant an important environmental alteration in the landscape and an ecological impact on the mountain ecosystems, in the same way that it happens today when designing new roads and highways. At the opening of the roadway box, the Roman engineers ordered to cut down and burn large areas of forest to function and act safely on the ground, adapting the environment to the needs of the road and at the same time working safe from wild animals , especially bears and wolves, who mercilessly attacked the workers from the depths of the forest. The loss of forest masses caused a degradation of plant species, leaving the undergrowth highly exposed to erosion, which, by losing the plant cover, breaks the dynamics of the landscape and increases the risk of landslides in the rainy season and avalanches in winter.

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Ana

July 23, 2019

Wear proper shoes, there are a lot of stones.

Juan Carlos 🇪🇦

April 6, 2022

Roman road that rises from the meadows of Cercedilla to end next to the highway of the republic that goes to the port of Fuenfría.

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Location: Cercedilla, Guadarrama, Madrid, Spain

Roman Road of Puerto de la Fuenfría

1. Guadarrama National Park - from Cercedilla to Navacerrada Pass via Schmid path

2. Ascent to the Cierros Ventoso and Minguete — circular via the Roman road of Fuenfría: Sierra de Guadarrama National Park

3. Los Corralitos Meadow – Fuenfría Pass loop from Cercedilla

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