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Arlanza region
These lands washed by the river Arlanza, between
Lerma and Santo Domingo de Silos sound like romance. Lands of
the old district of Lara, lands of count Fernan Gonzalez, where
history and legend weave fantasies and the river sings, like a
mediaeval juggler, the poem of the epic and heroic deeds of Castile.
The area is one of transition where vast wild plains and pleasant
valleys alternate, with natural spots of great beauty, presided
by the sierra of the Mamblas, drawing its whims in the Yecla.
To the south, the Peñas de Cervera draw the limits of the
region, whilst to the east, towards Hacinas, the Mesa de Carazo
reminds us of historic frontiers and marks the first foothills
of the Sierra de la Demanda.
And as if these natural attractions were not enough, the valley
of Arlanza offers us an extraordinary heritage, Lerma, Covarrubias,
San Pedro de Arlaza and Silos, especially significant in the history
of Castilla y León.
Arlanza Riverbanks
The so-called Nature Reserve of La Yecla and the Sabinares of
the Arlanza covers, apart from the gorge that gives it its name,
the middle valley of the Arlanza, the Peñas de Cervera, the Canyon
of Matavieja, the Gayubar Mount and the Sierra of the Mamblas.
Here, what can be considered as the most extensive and best preserved
savine groves of the whole planet are located. Some of the savines
of the Arlanza are more than two thousand years old. The holm
oak and gall oak woods are also important.
The rocky relief -with large limy and practically inaccessible
fractures- has favoured the development of a varied and copious
population of birds of prey among which the common vulture must
be pointed out. We can also find the Bonelli eagle, the peregrine
falcon, the Eurasian sparrowhawk, the northern goshwak and Egyptian
vulture; and among the mammals, wild cat, the wolf, boar, roe
deer, genet and some otters.