Ham with the Teruel Designation of Origin Food and drink · Samper de Calanda, Bajo Martín, Teruel Image of Samper de Calanda, not of the place itself. The pigs raised in the comarca are destined for the protected designation of origin Jamón de Teruel, the first granted in Spain to a ham. The pieces are cured for more than a year in drying sheds of the sierra and are marked with a star. Photo: Juan Emilio Prades Bel (CC BY 4.0) What to see and do in Samper de Calanda