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Mountain range of San Mamede

Montederramo, Terra de Caldelas, Ourense

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Mountain range of San Mamede

Nature · Montederramo, Terra de Caldelas, Ourense

A sierra that closes off the concello of Montederramo and which, according to tradition, owes its name to the hermit San Mamede, said to have lived on its heights; its brañas and high pastures comfortably exceed nine hundred metres, reaching the 1,618 of Fonte do Santo, where there is a chapel dedicated to the saint and a pilgrimage is held in the second week of August. It shares with the Serra de Queixa, the Serra do Fial das Corzas and the mountains of Invernadeiro the largest area of high mountain in Galicia, also spread across Baños de Molgas, Maceda and Villar de Barrio. It is protected as a Site of Community Importance within the Natura 2000 network and is in the process of being declared a nature park; it is home to deer, roe deer, wild boar and wolves, as well as eagles and other mountain birds.

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