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What to see and do in Alcubilla de las Peñas

What to see and do in Alcubilla de las Peñas (Tierra de Medinaceli, Soria): 5 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 2 Nature · 1 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of Alcubilla de las Peñas

The Heights of Radona 6.8 km

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What to see and do in Alcubilla de las Peñas

Alcubilla de las Peñas
Village
Alcubilla de las Peñas is a municipality of 61 inhabitants in the comarca of Tierra de Medinaceli (Soria), which also includes the settlements of Mezquetillas and Radona, merged with the head town in 1971. It extends over a raised plain, at 1,146 metres of altitude, next to the Radona pass, through which the N-111 road runs and from where one descends into the Duero valley; much of its territory is protected within the Natura 2000 Network by the Altos de Radona. On its land stands the Torre de la Senda, a watchtower from the Emirate or Caliphate period with a file opened for declaration as a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection), monument category, since 1 June 1983.
The Senda Tower
Monument
Watchtower of the emiral or caliphal period raised to watch the roads of the páramo (high plateau), declared a Monumento Histórico-Artístico (Spain's heritage designation in force between 1931 and 1985) on 1 June 1983; it is the oldest and most valuable heritage element of the municipality.
The Heights of Radona
Nature
38% of the municipal district is included in this Site of Community Importance and as much as 48% as a Special Protection Area for Birds, a plain raised to 1,146 metres with steppe birds.
The merger of three villages in 1971
Historical milestone
In 1971 Alcubilla de las Peñas, Mezquetillas and Radona united in a single council; between the three they gather today little more than sixty inhabitants, against the hundreds each of them had in the 19th century.
The protected plateau of Alcubilla
Nature
The municipal district extends flat but at 1,124 metres of altitude, on the northern edge of the Tierra de Medinaceli. Almost half of its eighty-six square kilometres is protected as a habitat of steppe birds.