Extremadura Guide Eng 2016

N ATURAL M ONUMENT OF L OS B ARRUECOS

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CAM I N O D E A L D E A D E L CANO - TOR REOR GA Z

LA CAÑADA

pasture zones and crops, as well as some isolated holm- oak woods, which provide more value to the zone. The protected area stands totally in the municipal term of Malpartida de Cáceres and takes up 319 hectares.

CARRETERA DEL LAVADERO DE LANAS

CHARCA DE FRASCO DÍEZ

MOLINO

C AM IN O D E M O N T Á N C H EZ

MOLINO

CHARCA DEL BARRUECO DE ARRIBA

FUENTE DE LA SERRANA

MOLINO

FUENTE DE LOS BURGAÑOS

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR VISITS

MUSEO VOSTELL

In the visits to the zone of the granite, you must avoid disturbing the storks that nest in the rocks, specially dur- ing the period of incubation and when the chickens are younger, due to the fact that we can motivate the failure in the reproduction. It is not convenient to approach to the nests where those animals could be incubating. In the sandy banks, with rushes and grasses, certain bird species usually nest, therefore we must avoid approaching to the water. In the period of rain, and early in the morning, the granite is very slippery and you can take the risk of falling down if you are not aware. Besides, there are a group of guards who will give you information about the routes or any aspect of the Natural Monument. The Vostell-Malpartida Museum, close to the dam of Charca del Barrueco de Abajo, is a must-see loca- tion. It was created in 1976, after the restoration of the for- mer washing place, and most part of the magnificent works by the German artist Wolf Vostell are kept inside it. Moreover, in the zone of Peñas del Tesoro, some of his sculptures can also be contemplated. In Malpartida, the Museum dedicated to the contem- porary painter Juan Narbón can be visited.

DEHESA DE LAS TRESCIENTAS

MOLINO

CHARCA DEL BARRUECO DE ABAJO

PEÑAS DEL TESORO

CENTRO DE INTERPRETACIÓN DE LA NATURALEZA

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It was the first declared Natural Monument in the whole region, whose Decree of creation was published in 1996. Later, in the Law 8/98 of conservation of the nature and natural areas of Extremadura, it is recognized and integrated in the Group of Natural Areas of Extremadura. LOCATION The wide plains which spread out in most part of the lands between Brozas and Trujillo, located on the plain of Cáceres, are surrounded by blocks of granite in some enclaves, but only a few are as spectacular as Los Barrue- cos. The surroundings of the Natural Monument possess

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