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What to see and do in Valdemeca

What to see and do in Valdemeca (Serranía Alta, Cuenca): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 1 Food and drink

When to go to Valdemeca: festival calendar

July: Festivities of la Virgen de Belén y San Roque (July and August)

Towns near Valdemeca

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What to see and do in Valdemeca

Valdemeca
Village
Municipality of the comarca of Serranía Alta, in the province of Cuenca, with its district entirely included in the Serranía de Cuenca Nature Park, declared in 2007, and classified as a Special Protection Area for Birds; it preserves a cross-plan church with pointed arches and wooden trusses of between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, houses an interpretation centre devoted to the botany of the park and spreads through its streets some twenty sculptural groups in Corten steel by Luis Zafrilla.
Illustrated Landscape of Valdemeca
Curiosity
A collection of some twenty life-size Corten steel sculptural groups by the artist Luis Zafrilla, spread around the village along a route of about two kilometres that recreates scenes from 20th-century daily life in the mountains.
Interpretation Centre of the Natural Park in Valdemeca
Monument
Centre devoted to the botany of the Serranía de Cuenca Natural Park, located in the village of Valdemeca, whose municipal district lies entirely within the protected area.
Valdemeca, an entirely protected municipality
Nature
The whole of the municipal district lies within the Serranía de Cuenca Natural Park, declared in 2007, and is also classified as a Special Protection Area for Birds.
Festivities of la Virgen de Belén y San Roque
Activity
Patron saint festival of Valdemeca in honour of the Virgen de Belén and San Roque, with processions, traditional music and mountain cooking.
Parish church of Valdemeca
Monument
Church of cruciform plan with pointed arches and timber roof structures dated between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. The whitewashed rubble masonry and the belfry sum up the way of building of these mountain towns, with the timber of the pine forest close at hand.
Migas ruleras
Food and drink
Mountain variant of migas in which the bread is moistened and worked until it forms a ball that is then crumbled into the pan. They are accompanied with torreznos, chorizo and grapes, and were the daily food of woodcutters and shepherds.