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The Pyrenean oak groves that give the region its name

Robleda, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca

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The Pyrenean oak groves that give the region its name

Nature · Robleda, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca

Image of Robleda, not of the place itself.

The rebollo or melojo, Quercus pyrenaica, covers these slopes of the southwest of Salamanca and gives its name to the subcomarca of El Rebollar. Robleda, whose place name means precisely oak wood, signposts its walking routes in the local tongue.

Photo: Javi , on Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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