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The Ortigosa granite boulder field (berrocal)

Ortigosa del Monte, Alfoz de Segovia, Segovia

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The Ortigosa granite boulder field (berrocal)

Nature · Ortigosa del Monte, Alfoz de Segovia, Segovia

A chaos of granite boulders declared a site of geological interest in 2006; the same stone had been quarried here since Roman times, and today the berrocal is a place to walk among blocks rounded by erosion.

Photo: Arturo Francisco Barbero (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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