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Ciudad Encantada
Cuenca · Castilla-La Mancha
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The Ciudad Encantada is a site of karst limestone rock formations, shaped over thousands of years, near Valdecabras, in the municipality of Cuenca. It lies in the southern part of the Cuenca mountains, at about 1,500 metres of altitude, on private land with a paid entrance. It was declared a Natural Site of National Interest on 11 June 1929, covers 250 hectares and is part of the Serranía de Cuenca natural park (Law 5/2007).
Its rock formed in the Cretaceous, about 90 million years ago. Black pine, juniper and yew grow here, and red deer, foxes and ocellated lizards live here.
The signposted route is about 3 km long. Federico García Lorca dedicated a sonnet to it in 1935. Natural rock sculptures, with shapes that invite the imagination.
Source of the information: Ciudad Encantada (Wikipedia)
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