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The Tajo River basin in the province of Madrid is a basin of limestone, gypsum, marl and sandstone sediments. The limestone is hard and has resisted erosion over time, forming large plateaus and agricultural wastelands known as alcarrias. On the other hand, the gypsum and marl are much softer materials and environmental precipitation has created a curious landscape of slopes, cliffs and test hills that precipitate dissolved salts to the bottom of the plains, determining the reliefs, textures and highly specialised plant species, with numerous peninsular endemic species.

The Robledal de Brea is a valuable ecosystem of holm oak forests from La Mancha, with holm oaks, gall oaks and oaks with centuries-old specimens and great environmental quality due to their good state of conservation. At the entrance to the Monte is the Quegijo del Rebledal, tree number 315 in the catalogue of Singular Trees of the Community of Madrid, it is twenty metres high, three metres in circumference and has an estimated age of two hundred years.

The relief of the Tajuña valley is the result of a succession of horizontal sedimentation processes during cold and dry periods and a strong erosion by water and the elements, leaving the slopes with very steep slopes and devoid of vegetation, revealing the mixtures of limestone, marl, gypsum and the rest of the tertiary materials common in the relief unit of the Tajo basin.

The sober palace of the Marquises of Legarda is one of the most notable elements of the historical and artistic heritage of Ambite. It is private property and cannot be visited. There is a path that leads to the entrance of the estate and you can see it up close. The building dates back to 1623, it is built of brick, cobblestones and limestone ashlars on the lintels of the doors and windows. It has a tower, a noble coat of arms and an interior courtyard. Next to it is the hundred-year-old oak tree of Ambite, declared a unique tree of the Community of Madrid, which is estimated to be seven hundred years old.

It is a historic fountain with benches and information panels in a welcoming environment of oaks, holm oaks, kermes oaks and Mediterranean scrubland on a hillside. The fountain has basins and the constant humidity throughout the year has created a valuable wetland ecosystem that is magnificent for the development of an amphibian pond.

Route of the Sources (PR-CC 84) in the Comarca de La Vera, Ambite.