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What to see and do in Villar del Humo

What to see and do in Villar del Humo (Serranía Media-Campichuelo y Serranía Baja, Cuenca): 2 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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What to see and do in Villar del Humo

Villar del Humo
Village
Villar del Humo is a municipality in the comarca of Serranía Media-Campichuelo y Serranía Baja, in the province of Cuenca, with 182 inhabitants (2025), surrounded by the sierras of Albarracín and Mira and by the Serranía de Cuenca. Its municipal area contains twelve rock shelters with Levantine and schematic paintings, including those of the Selva Pascuala, found between 1917 and 1982: the first discovery, at the Peña del Escrito, was made by the forestry assistant Enrique O'Kelly in 1917, and in 1968 the village schoolteacher Amado Ruiz Ferrer, together with his pupils, discovered new shelters. They form part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin declared a World Heritage Site in 1998 and are protected by a cultural park created in 1995.
Rock shelters of the Selva Pascuala
Historical milestone
Twelve shelters with Levantine and schematic paintings spread over the district, located between 1917 and 1982. They form part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Arc declared World Heritage in 1998 and are protected by a cultural park created in 1995.