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Colinas del Campo de Martín Moro Toledano

Igüeña, El Bierzo, León

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Colinas del Campo de Martín Moro Toledano

Monument · Igüeña, El Bierzo, León

A village of slate and wood with cobbled streets and continuous balconies, nestled in the sierra de Gistredo, in the municipality of Igüeña. Its old quarter was declared a conjunto histórico (a protected historic ensemble under Spanish heritage law) on 10 November 1994, and its name is among the longest administrative place names in Spain and the longest in the province of León. It traditionally lived on rye and vegetable-garden farming and on livestock, and today its population, mostly retired, doubles in summer and at weekends with the arrival of rural-tourism houses and hikers, many on their way up the Catoute. Its patron saint festivals are Santa Dorotea, on 6 February, and San Juan, on 24 June, moved to the nearest weekends.

Photo: David Perez (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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