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JERTE VALLEY.
 
 

From the left to the right. The Valley Panoramic. In this region the cascades are abundant (you do not lose the throat of the Nogaleas in Navaconcejo). Roll of the seven faces (Tornavacas).

 
 
espacios protegidos en sierra de Gata   The Valley of cherries
The Jerte Valley is the greater producer of cherries of Europe.

  el cerezo en flor en el valle del jerte   The cherry tree in flower
Each spring begins most beautiful of the events.

  la fala, un idioma propio  

The Throat of Hell
Wild nature to enjoy.

One of the tourist resources more visited by the lovers of the rural tourism.

Jerte’s Valley leaves the buttresses of Gredos, whose volume is prolonged to the mountain Tornavacas, Tormantos and San Bernabé, which separates it from the sector of Vera, and in its Western part, the mountains of Traslasierra, which it is used as limit with the valley of Ambroz. The mountainous condition of this sector influences, in a remarkable way, the development of the various Communities, while various microclimates exist according to the situation of those. The river Jerte, bond of union of the entire zone, nourishes its way with crystalline water multiple throats and of currents. The step of the centuries intended for each one of them a different natural environment, where abrupt cascades are mixed, ponds drilled in the rock with distant and unusual places which wait until what is andante discovers its singular beauty. There dense green than in similar mountains it offers Nature to us, the visitor will be able to recreate the sight with a vast range of tone which are distributed, in an arbitrary way, by the various corners which make the landscape. Deserve special mention contrast that we can find in autumnal time. Its contemplation transports us to clean magic places of the stories.

While entering the Sta. Week, the Valley of Jerte gets dressed with white, the flower of cherry covers the slope of the mountains and the grey landscape of the winter makes place to the luminous brilliance of spring. Some times, the eyes of the traveller could consider resemblance "Spectacle". He higher of its mountains what is pinnacles rocks one transforms in splendid watchtowers, since where to be magic with infinite sights. Along the sector we will discover so much comfortable paths which enable us to arrive at him higher, like provocative "walls" for intrepid escaladers.

If something characterizes with people of the place, it is its constant relationship with the medium which surrounds them. Its principal economic activity is agriculture, and without doubting him, the principal source of receipt is the culture of cherry. The time spring and summer is the moment of a greater work for all the people of this sector, because one concludes the harvest of cherries, that one to carry out in a traditional way.

The cherry trees are distributed not only in the funds of the valley, but go up by the side one of the mountains thanks to the squares carried out by their inhabitants in their concern to dominate the environment. In addition to cherry, we can find in these fertile grounds a large variety of products like raspberries, figs, olives, sweet chestnuts and any rate of products of kitchen garden. With these fruits one artisan works out famous liquors of the "Valley of Jerte", raspberry, cherry, fig, without forgetting fine cherry brandy.

Each liturgical cycle involves a great festivities number and traditions. The majority of the conclusions of these localities are in honour of her "Owner". Between the festivities which preserve these people of the split of Jerte we will quote those more famous: Jarramplas de Piornal, Taraballo de Navaconcejo and Judas de Cabezuela. The first of they takes place the day of Saint-Sebastian. The figure of Jarramplás, underlines by its multicoloured combination and its mask, reinforced very well, to be able to support the turnip rain which the common peoples will launch to him. Accompany this ceremonial the sound by the tambourine.

This same day, takes place in Navaconcejo, Taraballo. This character, disguised with a white monkey with red borlas, accompanies in Saint-Sebastian in the procession, in continuous dance, without giving the back to any moment with the saint martyr. Taraballo carries a ventral, with which it is defended of the small attacks of and the adults.

The "Judas" of Cabezuela of the Valley, takes place Sunday of Resurrection. It acts of a wash-bottle, filling of straw and petards, which after being gone by the people, is burned around a half - night in front of the astonishment of the spectators.

Many towns of the sector preserve remainders of what outside its popular architecture, which coexists with modern houses. In their majority, they are houses with verandas flights of wood and beautiful soportales, while in the people of the mountain dwellers, in Piornal outsides are carried out especially completely stone, with minimum vain. In Cabrero, the Houses of the Chestnut grove coexists the two methods of architecture. We find examples in Tornavacas (Real Street), in Cabezuela, Navaconcejo in the Royal street where survive of the houses with wood verandas. Other data of artistic interest are: In Navaconcejo, the Factory, and 15th century, devoted to the textile production, by the Franciscans monks. In the majority of the people one raises hermitages or hoods in honour of their respective Christ: Navaconcejo, Jerte, Valdastillas, Piornal, Barrado and Tornavacas.

In this sector of Jerte it let us can taste a very varied kitchen, much based local products: potatoes inlays and crumbs, caldereta, trout escabechada, like excellent.

 
     
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