Los Barruecos Explained

Los Barruecos is a natural monument (es|{{ill|Monumento natural (Spain)|es|Monumento natural (España)|lt=monumento natural) in Malpartida de Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.

It is located in the municipality of Malpartida de Cáceres,^[1] south of the urban centre. The area features granitic formations with landscape interest, together with artificial ponds, used in the past as wool washers. It houses colonies of white storks as well as cormorants, grebes and black-winged stilts. The area also features a number of archaeological remains, such as rock art in granite shelters and anthropomorphic tombs carved in granite. The Vostell Malpartida museum of contemporary art is also located in the area.^[2]

The Junta of Extremadura declared the landscape as natural monument in 1996.^[3]

Game of Thrones episode "The Spoils of War" was shot in Los Barruecos.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Los Barruecos, una joya natural llena de historia. Hoy. Marta. Muñoz. Antonio J.. Sánchez. 20 November 2020.
2. Web site: Berrocal de Los Barruecos en Malpartida de Cáceres. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España.

3. 29 February 1996. 875. 25. Diario Oficial de Extremadura. Decreto 29/1996, de 19 de febrero, sobre declaración del monumento natural «Los Barruecos».

4. Web site: La gran batalla de ‘The Spoils of War’ explicada por el equipo de ‘Juego de Tronos’. Hipertextual. 8 August 2017. Mónica. Redondo.