The first written data of Miller dates back to the 12th century, when the Arabs occupied these lands. Since then there has been an intense rural life here, which has been providing various vestiges and constructions. Although it is known that our species walked through these places already at the bronze age.

In the village there was a strong house or castle from which a three-storey tower and a forty-meter long wall by six height are still preserved. It was built by the Arabs to defend itself from the Alphavars in the 12th century. The people of Miller have taken advantage of their structure to build houses or corrals around it.

Life in the villages was made possible by the participation of all the inhabitants in community work and tasks. Not only in terms of basic food and water infrastructure; Miller's church, for example, was built by the villagers themselves in 1857.

We suggest:

There is a circular path around the village in about an hour and twenty minutes. This small route will give you a complete view of the village and its inhabited cores.

LOCATION

From Santiago de la Espada you have to go along the JF-7038 road towards Las Juntas de Miller that are 22 kilometers away. Once there and before crossing the bridge we take a road on the left where the "central and Miller" are indicated. After 2 km you reach the town of Miller.

Next to the tributary channel, covered by a thick riverside vegetation, the small gardens of Onsares, between centenary chopos and olive plantations, extend. The village is surrounded by the forest peaks of the Segura mountains, framed by the highest mountains of the territory.

Even it is accessed from Villarrodrigo through a road that crosses the Port of Onsares between the peaks of La Atalaya and El Morrón.

Next to Onsares are the recreational area of the Dehesa del Bear and the imposing Peña del Cambrón, natural view of the saws of Segura and Alcaraz.

The village of Los Guindos, in the town of La Carolina, has a spectacular north and west horizon, where on winter nights it is possible to observe the elusive zodiacal light.

Especially recommended in the autumn and winter months with the arms of Perseus and Orion hiding in the west.

With easy access and very close to the A-4 motorway, we are facing a magnificent enclave from which to enter into the wonders of the universe within the framework of the Reserve and Starlight Tourist Destination of Sierra Morena.

We highlight the source that is located in the centre of the village, where you can reach a track in good condition that leaves south from Collado Mahón (on the road from Torres de Albanchez to Villarrodrigo). The source of the work and with two years pours to two semicircular pillars. The water is the toima of a spring in an olive grove about 300 m south-west.

In Hornos de Peal, one of the pedanias of Peal de Becerro, is still in operation an old aqueduct, which has been built by Roman, which continues to challenge the passage of time and that of a river that crosses it below by deteriorating it.

By withdrawing the ice, the Azebos undertook a migration to the contrary, reconquering to the north the lost territory, so we can say that all the Azebos of Europe are descendants of ours. So, when we enjoy this forest, let us remember that these stalks are waiting for the next glaciation... so that, after it, Europe will again have stalks.

This forest is accompanied as a vault by a canopy of salgary pines and a tapestry of ferns (Pterydium aquilinum) and herbaceas (Dactylis glomerata, Poa nemoralis, Festuca nevadensis, Brachypodium sylvaticum, Viola kitaibeliana, Bellis perennis, Sanicula europea) and others better known as the wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca), the tears of David or the seal of Solomon (Polygonatum), and the greater (Pallatago (Pallatago).

LOCATION

We take the road that leaves a mile from Siles in the direction of the Azebeas. We follow it until we reach a crossing that comes to our right, is wide and has a barrier and a sign that announces us the public use path of Navalperal. It is only necessary to walk half a mile before reaching the forest house of the Azebeas. Both to our right and to our left is a splendid forest of steels accompanied by hazelnuts.

This set of layers is an angular discord with expansive overlaps over materials of triatic age. This is a magnificent example of the filling of an alluvial fan, fed by the prebetic reliefs immediately to the north.

Source: Inventory of Georresources of Andalusia. Environmental Council. Junta de Andalusia.