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What to see and do in Fuertescusa

What to see and do in Fuertescusa (Serranía Alta, Cuenca): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 2 Nature · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities

When to go to Fuertescusa: festival calendar

November: Festivities of San Martín Obispo (November 11)

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What to see and do in Fuertescusa

Fuertescusa
Village
Fuertescusa is a municipality in Serranía Alta, in Cuenca, at an altitude of 998 m and 57 km from the provincial capital, on the slope of a valley surrounded by pine forests home to vultures, deer, wild boar and goats. It is crossed by the river Escabas, a tributary of the Guadiela, and has close to a hundred springs, most of them intermittent. Next to the only access road, the Peral stream reaches the Escabas at the Puerta del Infierno (Hell's Gate), where three tunnels cut into the rock in 1928 open up, to which tradition attributes ghostly noises and shadows. At the entrance to the village stands the Piedra del Castillo, a former natural watchtower now equipped with a via ferrata. Its church is dedicated to San Martín, patron of the festivities, and today the municipality has 65 inhabitants, compared with 322 in the mid-19th century.
The Gateway to Hell of Fuertescusa
Nature
La Puerta del Infierno is the spot where the Peral stream flows into the Escabas river, next to the three tunnels cut into the rock in 1928 during the opening of the road. Local tradition tells that, during the works, the labourers heard strange noises and saw shadows moving along the walls, attributed to souls in torment or guardian spirits of the place. Today it is among the municipality's places of interest.
Piedra del Castillo (Castle Rock)
Nature
A large rock at the entrance to the village of Fuertescusa that in the past served as a natural defensive watchtower. Today it holds a via ferrata with two different routes that allow climbers to ascend it and take in the Escabas valley.
Church of San Martín de Fuertescusa
Monument
The parish church of Fuertescusa dedicated to San Martín, the main religious building of this small mountain town surrounded by pine woods.
The village of a hundred springs
Curiosity
The district of Fuertescusa has close to a hundred springs and fountains, an exceptional abundance of water that also feeds the River Escabas and its trout streams.
Festivities of San Martín Obispo
Activity
The feast of Saint Martin the Bishop, patron saint of Fuertescusa (Cuenca), is celebrated on 11 November and is added, in the village's festive calendar, to the feast of the Virgin of the Rosary, held on the first Sunday of October.