From the nearby viewpoint you can see this monument, whose origin is surprising. 500 million years ago the whole area was covered by the sea, though with little depth, so it was filled with sands and clays brought by the rivers that were flowing there from the Iberian plateau. It was 300 million years ago that the forces of the land made these lands emerge and since then, the erosion of the river, the rains and the wind have been sculpting the relief, creating beautiful forms like these organs. On these rocks, oaks, alcornoques and shrubs have found their substrate, forming a Mediterranean forest in which they inhabit ginets, chickpeas and numerous rapaces.

In this paleontological field there are a series of 24 tracks up to nine centimeters deep belonging to the Triassic bipedic dinosaurs. Prints on red clays, possibly belonging to the Arcosauri group, are more than 230 million years old. It is a very enigmatic field, since the almost parallel placement of the fingers and above all the central finger shorter than the two sides, make them, for now, unique in the world.

These tracks, also known as icnites, are not easy to locate, because for their formation there have to be several environmental conditions. Among them, the material on which these animals walked was different from the material on which it was later deposited. Almost certainly, these prints were printed on sediments of a river bed or lagoon to, later, be covered by some other material that allowed it to be preserved until today.

The shape of the prints reveals that these dinosaurs were walking on two legs, with movements similar to those of a kangaroo. You can even know data such as its approximate size and weight, age and social habits. The arrangement of the 24 icnites in the same direction suggests the scene of a group of animals heading to some particular place.

The remains of pollen or vegetation, also fossilized, reveal environmental conditions very different from the present ones, where the vegetation was made up of coniferous, palm and ferns, which were encouraged by a warmer and damp climate than the present.

In the place a kind of cabin has been raised that protects them from unnecessary wear. A metal sculpture that reminds the "owner" of the prints has also been placed next to the prints. It should be mentioned that in the vicinity there are also interesting cave paintings, such as the Apolinary Cave dating from the Copper Age; all of them are very similar to those found in the nearby natural spaces of Despeñacolos and La Cimbarra.

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The "Natural Monument the Pat" is located to the north of the municipality of Linares. To get to it you have to follow the A-312 autonomous road towards Arquillos, after the station of Vadollano we find a detour to the left - Vilch- that leads us directly to the site.

This is an area of special landscape and historical interest, since the beauty of the route of the river Guarrizas is joined by the existence of the Roman bridge of Vadollano, which is part of the route of the Via Augusta.

Just below the Roman bridge, we found the ruins of what was a chocolate factory, which used the driving force of the river water to generate energy.

If by anything it is characterized by Jaén it is by its olive trees. There are very old people and there are also large ones (which is not about their age) spread over different municipalities in the provincial geography. The uniqueness of the Arroyo del Ojanco olive tree lies, rather than its age, in its gigantic dimensions, so it has been proposed to be declared a Natural Monument of Andalusia. It is said that it is the largest olive tree in the world, and possibly it is, because the figures that cast its measures, referred to in the tab at the beginning of the article, tell us of a single copy. This should be added to its productive capacity, which is around 600 kg. olive per campaign (an adult irrigated olive tree usually does not reach 70 kg).

The two large branches (2.10 and 2.80 m of perimeter) that are bifurcan from its thick fuse bear all the weight of the cup, which becomes of such magnitude - especially when the fruit develops - which forces its dense foliage to rest on the ground at many ends of the cup. Anyway, everything in this portentous specimen is Guinness record.

So long a centenary history has generated some legendary accounts around this olive tree, as it was planted in the Roman era (which indeed built a magnificent villa a few hundred metres from Fuentebuena) or by friars after the Christian reconquest of these lands. Another version states that its size, so different from that of the olive trees around it, is because it was born from a blessed bouquet on a Palm Sunday.

To access the Fuentebuena olive, you have to go from the urban core of Arroyo del Ojanco to the local road JV-7.005 towards Beas de Segura. As you pass the crossing of Prados de Armijo, the olive tree is about 50 metres from the road.

Here we can observe plant species such as the whining, coscoja, peach, yellow jasmine, clematides, madreselva and so to complete a multitude of trees and shrubs among which the Arrayan de La Bañizuela, a unique specimen, stands out. The arrayan or myrtle usually has an arbustive bearing, but the one we find in the Bañizuela Forest stands out precisely for its large size and the thickness of its trunk, more specific to a tree than to a bush. Another element that has made possible the recognition of this space as a natural monument has been the characteristic of its soil: limestones, dolomies and margocalizas belonging to the Jurassic period.

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The mountain is surrounded by two convergent valleys: that of the Quibrajano River (where the Protected Species Recovery Centre is located) and the Hazadillas Canyon, with a recreational fit equipped with grills, tables, banks, recreational furniture, fountains, kiosk, etc., as well as other facilities.

This natural space is used as a place of leisure and leisure by the people of Jaén, given its proximity to the city.

At 1440 m high is the MONTE ARDAL, which can be accessed by the road that reaches San Bartolomé, to the crossing that is moving to the left. It is a classroom of nature located in a forest shelter, with views of the village, the surrounding mountains,... in addition to the shelter, there is also a recreation area, adapted don barbecues, tables, and covered by a porch.

In the Aznaitín, some plant endemisms typical of Sierra Magina are maintained. At its summit the municipal terms of Jimena, Torres and Albanchez de Mágina, whose populations are located at their feet, as do the prehistoric caves, where the former inhabitants left their mark for posterity. Not in vain the Aznaitin impregnated the pupil of Antonio Machado from the far Baeza and incorporated him into his poetry.