World Heritage Site

In Aldeaquemada, as a sample of its valuable cultural heritage, there are different groups of rock paintings, of a schematic and eulin style; distributed by fleshlands and rocky coats of the municipal term. So much so that UNESCO, meeting in Kyoto (Japan) in 1998, agreed to catalogue the Levine Rupestre Art of the Spanish Mediterranean Arc as a World Heritage Site. Meeting in assembly, he gave this important name and included in the list the 19 deposits of Rupéstre Levino and Eschematic Art discovered in this municipality, cataloguing that has come to recognize and highlight the great importance of the cultural manifestations of the former inhabitants of these lands.

Outdoor museums

These deposits, unique for their subject matter, are the most important in Andalusia and can be considered as authentic outdoor museums, of incalculable value and whose preservation concerns each and every one of us. When visiting them, we must remember with all due respect that we contemplate figures made by the primitive man; but not for that less human and intelligent, more than 4,000 years ago. They are all by law Cultural Interest Goods.
These groups of rock paintings, located on most occasions on rock coats, were studied at the beginning of the 20th century by the Abate Brehuil and M. Cabré, who catalogued the vast majority of existing groups in the area.
Subsequently, thanks to the new and relevant discoveries of the chronist Carlos Sanchez- Battle, it has been possible to have an extended relationship and a full awareness of the great heritage value that, for Aldeaquemada, represents the whole of its cave paintings.

Visit the paintings

Visiting these places is difficult and can be frustrating, not only because of their access; dangerous sometimes, but because of their poor conservation status; they make them difficult to see if they are not specialized. For this reason, before scheduling a visit, you should consult with a local connoisseur and let yourself be accompanied by a responsible local guide.
The most representative coats, on which signposted routes have been developed; not yet operational until the final protection of the paintings, but which has been announced (the Ayto. provide guides) can be visited, are those of the Poyos de La Cimbarra, Cimbarillo del Prado de Rechesa, Cave de la Mina, Garganta de la Hoz, Prado del Azogue and Cave de Los Arcos. Although there are another series of awakened groups.

La Recta is a recreational area that has barbecues and tables and is accessed by a signposted path. Its characteristic vegetation is made up of the typical riverside forests of the Sierras de Andújar Natural Park: alarms, sargas, talles, strawberries, which serve as a refuge to faunistic species such as royal herons, zampullines, water cocks, otters. Very close is a watershed to give water to the abundant deer of this saw, next to the dam of the Encinarejo

It occupies a wonderful valley in the southern foothills of Sierra Morena, next to the Natural Park of Despeñacolos. Here they grow a great variety of aromatic plants and beautiful trees of different species, such as pine trees, oak trees, alcornoques, chestnuts, willows, abounding the plateau from which this place takes the name. There is also a small river of crystalline waters on a stony bed called "La Campana."

In the geological aspect, there are iron pyrite, which is why the waters of one of its many springs are ferruginous. This area where La Aliseda is located, was in its time part of a large mining center where the gallena filons abound with a lot of silver.

It is interesting to look at the species with which the recreational area and its surroundings have been repopulated. They are indigenous plants of great ecological value, such as maples, complaints and madroños. The whole area suffered a serious fire in the summer of 2005, as a result of a dry storm that unloaded hundreds of rays. In addition, a powerful natural regeneration of vegetation is taking place in the recreational area. The whole shows how right human action is when it supports nature's own regenerative capacity.

Tranco road A-319, in the surroundings of the Tranco reservoir.

The recreational area of the Jabali is distinguished by the abundance of oak trees surrounded by pine trees, very characteristic of the Sierras de Andújar Natural Park, to which it belongs. It is perfectly equipped to celebrate a family picnic, with tables, banks, barbecues, containers, and even a fountain. His name is given by the remarkable stone sculpture of the lone boar who presides over the space, the work of local artist Luis Aldehuela. The enclave links with the path that connects El Jabali with the Encinarejo.

There are two ways to access the Bear Dehesa:

• From the village of Onsares, you have to leave on the road to Villarrodrigo and, within 3 km, we take the forest track that leaves on our right. We follow her without taking any of the detours that go back to Onsares to the right. At 6, 5 km from the time we took this lead, we got to the recreational area.

• From the A-310 road between Siles and La Puerta de Segura, at point 17, we take a forest track passing through the village of La Pendolera. After 14.8 km, without being separated by any detour, we reached the Dehesa del Oso. The initial section of this track passes through the area where the works of the Siles dam are currently being carried out.

If we access from Siles, it is appropriate to stop for a while in the small village of La Cañada the Lord.

The whole area is covered by an impressive black pine pineapple with oaks, complaints and dense Mediterranean bush.

From the Dehesa del Oso you can go by forest track to the village of El Bellotar, 5 km, already located in the province of Albacete. To do this, we have to follow the Cambrón route and, in which we will see at the end of 0.7 km (collado de Las Lagunillas), follow the front rather than turn right towards El Cambrón. From El Bellotar you can get off by asphalt road to the charming village of Villaverde del Guadalimar and close a circuit back to Siles.

Here's what it takes to spend a quiet day in the middle of nature. You have a large parking area, meringeros with chairs and wooden tables, a fountain, a kiosk-bar (open only in summer) and a charming piscina-dam very busy in the months of hottest.

The presence of water attached to the lush and closed forest around this area allows, when there is little human activity, the mammals of the saw to move freely around. The bouquet, boar or even muflon have been seen a few meters from the recreation area.

But the minuscule life is the queen of the area: invertebrates like the dragonfly, and a very delicate crustacean like the native river crab are raised in the remnants of the stream of Linarejos. Your visit must, by obligation, be respectful of the inhabitants of the mountain, avoiding unnecessary noises and removing any waste from the place.

We suggest:

• Take a walk to the canyon that the Guadalquivir River has tasted in the Cerrada del Utrero. It's about following the track that comes out next to the kiosk of the recreational area and turning left to go next to the stream. Do it with caution because in the end you arrive at the spectacular jump of Linarejos, where you don't have to look too much.

In Cazorla take the Sierra road (A-319) until the crossing known as the Empalme del Valle. Turn right on the JF-7092 road and after passing the bridge over the Guadalquivir River (4 km from the Empalme) follow the left track (JF-7091). 2 km from this bridge we turn left by a track that arrives, after a kilometre to the recreational area.

Fuenmayor in a camping area and a road, located in the middle of a large mass of trees, with plenty of water, as there is a spring there. The recreation area extends along the Fresnos de Fuenmayor stream, with a source of water jumps and a pond, as well as stationery, banks and picnic tables. The Fuenmayor is surrounded by long chopos between which you can see and hear some birds of forest and riverside like the listed reyezuelo, the common agateador or the cascade lavender.

We suggest...

• A walk up the road. Above the road that crosses it, a small dam is reached, hung by the scrapes of sediments, and at the back there is a pot of clean and transparent waters that invite an exciting bath when it is hot.

• The short climb to the high mountain shelter of La Cueva del Peinero, through a short forest track that part of the Recreative Area. The almost circular panorama that you will have from this place will make you feel part of a wild and great scenario, overtaken by a lion vulture and other raptures.

LOCATION

JH-7155 (Transversal de las Villas) road, 34 km from Mogón. You can also access the opposite end of this road, in which case you have to travel 26 km from the detour on the road A-6202 (direction Charco del Oil).