On our route through the green valleys of Sabbath, After leaving Fresneda behind, Hunters and fishermen's, A detour opens the way to one of the most charming villages of our itinerary, Bárcena Mayor. It is a lost village between mountains and in whose cobble streets the cows still walk quietly.
Clearly, The isolation has greatly contributed to the conservation of its medieval and mountain character, that manifests itself in the ancient zaguanes, laundries, bread ovens, Pajares, stables or windows of their rural houses of the 16th and 17th centuries. Although its urban layout goes back nothing less than the ninth century, It is admirable how he has managed to maintain his peasant people of people lost among the mountains.
We walk through its streets that, closed to rolling traffic, They constitute an unforgettable experience
There are probably few villages like Bárcena Mayor, considered by many as the oldest in Spain and declared an artistic historical complex in 1979. We walk through its streets that, closed to rolling traffic, They constitute an unforgettable experience, as, When we land here we can perceive what life was like many years ago.
Says the legend that lodged in Bárcena the king Charles I ROAD DE CASTILLA, suffering from pain. We will have to check it. What we find out, After exhaling a sigh of admiration for the extraordinary environment that seizes us, It is that the name of the population, of preindeuropere origin, It is very ancient and comes to mean “small beech, Llano and cultivable formed by a river ".
For these lands inhabited the foramontanos, some mountain foats who repopulated the plateau more than 1.000 years
There are still remains of the old Roman road that, as lovers of the past, We sign up on the agenda to visit as soon as we can, although the first historical data of the town date back to the Middle Ages. For these lands inhabited the foramontanos, some mountain foats who repopulated the plateau more than 1.000 years.
Bárcena Mayor, located in the municipality of The Tojos, heart Del reservoir, It is a picturesque medieval enclave in the lap of a festoney valley of Green Colinas. In this place the time seems to have stopped. I find it when they check their peculiar architecture and the longing for their locals.
In this place the time seems to have stopped. I find it when checking your peculiar architecture
All houses are typical of the rural area, Most of them built in Fernandina era: Facades of stones oriented at noon or east and flanked by window. Almost all have two floors, The interior with a portal and the upper with the wooden balconadas typical of the mountain curds of flowers and colorful Eskimos. In his church, 17th century, There is a beautiful baroque altarpiece of a century later. In Bárcena Mayor there are very good wood artisans, as can be seen in the roofs and balconies of the town and in other elements that are part of the scene of the region: covers, cavachas, covered and other utensils.
Nothing better against traveling stress than a good mountain cooked
After this historic adventure, We prepare to regain strength with a good mountain cooked, That already touches; Nothing better against traveling stress. We attest to its revitalizing vigor. Almost without time to rest the food, We resume the trip. Bárcena Mayor serves as the headquarters to undertake splendid hiking days. Perhaps we dare with the ascent to High bold, more than 1.400 meters, between the Fuentes River and the wanting. Or maybe we can glimpse the presence of a deer, Corzo or Jabalí between Hayedos and Robledales. But that will deserve another report.
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