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Mountain range of o Courel

Folgoso do Courel, Quiroga, Lugo

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Mountain range of o Courel

Nature · Folgoso do Courel, Quiroga, Lugo

Folgoso do Courel

Image of Folgoso do Courel, not of the place itself.

A massif of 212 square kilometres with altitudes ranging from 400 to 1,600 metres, considered Galicia's most important botanical reserve for its mix of Atlantic and Mediterranean species. Together with the neighbouring Serra dos Ancares, it forms part of the Rede Natura 2000 network and is protected as a Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation; within it lies the Monumento Natural do Dobramento Xeolóxico de Campodola-Leixazós. It is one of the few areas of Galicia where the brown bear can still be found. In one of its potholes the oldest human remains preserved in Galicia were found, between eight thousand and ten thousand years old, along with the only aurochs remains found in the country. These lands were a major touchstone in the work of the poet Uxío Novoneyra, a native of Parada de Moreda.

Photo: La fabrica de nubes (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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