Heights of El Payuelo Nature · Santa María del Monte de Cea, Sahagún, León Image of Santa María del Monte de Cea, not of the place itself. The Pyrenean oak woods of the Payuelo heights crown the municipality with elevations such as La Talaya, at 964 metres, and Valdeladrones, at 989, the last patches of woodland before the cereal plain takes over towards the south. Photo: MottaW (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Santa María del Monte de Cea