In
the heart of the Somontano of Barbastro exists a wide and unknown valley,
covered by the ravine of The Clamor. A succession of big rounded rocks of
gritty sprinkle a wavy relief, giving place to a strange landscape and loaded
with mystery. The Islamic print can also be discovered through its stones
and its names.
Next to the highway N-240 that unites
Barbastro with Huesca, it is the town of Peraltilla, start point of a peculiar
and surprising route in the one that it is travelled the ravine of The Clamor.
Around Peraltilla we will begin to see the first blocks of gritty, surrounded
of oaks trees and cultivation fields.
Following the highway A-1231, and to only 700 m of
Peraltilla, it can be seen on the right the Santa Lucía's mysterious
Stone, in which highlights a hollow in the centre of the rock and small
dug stairways.
The following town to visit is Azara, where besides enjoying a pleasant
walk for its streets, it is worthwhile to ascend toSanta
Margarita's Rock, where the remains of a fortification
are still conserved; from her it can be admired a beautiful panorama of
the town and their environment.
The route invites us to continue overcoming the ravine of The Clamor,
whiles we continue admiring the strange succession of the big aligned
rocks and lightly inclined. When sighting the town of Azlor it gets us
the attention a great stone again, on which settles the exempt steeple
of the church and in the one that the prints of their old castle last.
After travelling their streets with beautiful emblazoned facades, it can
take the road that, passing next to the cemetery, it drives to the surprisinSource
of Labanera; this small journey of 900 m can be
carried out in car, being the start point in a crossing of streets located
in the north sector of the town and that it is presided over by an image
of the Pilar's Virgin.
Returning to the highway we will continue the route toward Abiego. To
1,5 km of Azlor and the right, it is the beginning of a road that drives
to the smallSwamp
of the Moors, in which the waters of the ravine
of The Clamor are picked up. After a brief walk of 5 minutes from the
metallic chain, we arrive to this unexpected and unknown place.
Again in the car, we will travel 500 meters to arrive to the intersection
of the highway with the cabañera (livestock ways) that crosses
the Somontano. In this point we will stray to the left, taking the earth
hint that drives to the enigmatic Monument
to the XX Century, contemporary work of sculptor
Ulrich Rückiem.
Abiego also possesses so much diverse elements of
great interest that deserve to be visited, in its urban centre as it is
its suburbs. However, a very special rock exists, only in the Somontano
of Barbastro, where are conserved numerousfossilized
prints of mammals that they inhabited these lands
25 million years ago. To arrive to this place, in only 5 minutes, we should
take a road signalled toward the right, to the entrance of the town in
address Adahuesca and next to a small area of rest with benches. From
Abiego it can also be carried out a comfortable walk until a medieval
bridge on the river Alcanadre.
To 3,4 km of Abiego we find the cabañera again; we will take this
road toward the left, because to 200 meters we will see an accumulation
of stones around an iron cross, callCrucelós.
In this place ancestral pagan rites converge with the Christian, the history
with the legend... to know something more about these old beliefs we should
go to Adahuesca and to visit the Center of Interpretation of Legends and
Traditions. But this town, cradle of the sacred Nunila and Alodia, also
highlight to conserve a rich civil and religious architectural patrimony.
Without abandoning Adahuesca, the lovers of the Romanesque
art should not forget to visit the hermitage of Our Mrs. of Treviño,
to which you arrives for the same road in which the well source is located.
Also the town of Alberuela of Laliena, located 3 km of Adahuesca and in
address Bierge, has the interesting Romanesque church of San Nicolás
of Bari. For the surroundings of Adahuesca it can be carried out, on foot
or in bicycle, the Magic Route, constituted by several itineraries of
different longitude each one of them.
Vista de Azara desde la peña
de Santa Margarita Foto: Ignacio Pardinilla
Pantano de los Moros Foto: Ignacio Pardinilla
Ermita de Nuestra Señora de
Treviño Foto: CEDER Somontano