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Cave of los Franceses

Pomar de Valdivia, Montaña Palentina, Palencia

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Cave of los Franceses

Nature · Pomar de Valdivia, Montaña Palentina, Palencia

The Cave of the French, in the district of Revilla de Pomar, owes its name to the bodies of French soldiers left inside it after they died in a clash with a detachment of Cantabrian hussars under General Porlier during the War of Independence of 1808. Adapted for tourist visits for more than twenty years, in 2009 the Diputación (provincial council) of Palencia opened a visitor reception pavilion with an audiovisual exhibition about the cave and its surroundings, the Páramo de La Lora. Near the cave several menhirs are preserved, among them the Canto Hito menhir, still standing, and 1,500 metres away lies the Valcabado viewpoint, from which the Valderredible valley can be seen in its entirety. The cave is part of the Geopark of Las Loras, designated by Unesco in 2017.

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