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Picos de Europa

The scenery in the Picos de Europa is spectacular. Immense slopes and dramatic gorges, lush green valleys and beautiful forests, crystal clear streams and jagged peaks dominating the horizon. Added to this there is a wonderful variety of flora and fauna with vultures soaring in the skies and mountain pastures filled with a wealth of wild flowers and butterflies. The region is also rich in culture, a traditional style of farming and small settlements of attractive old stone buildings.
In the north of the Iberian peninsular, the high Cantabrian mountain range forms a natural barrier separating the parched central plateau from the northern coastal strip known as Green Spain. To the north of the central section of the Cantabrian mountain chain, lie the Picos De Europa, a limestone range approximately 40 km in length (E-W) and 20 Km wide (N-S).

Los Picos de Europa son una formación montañosa enclavada en el macizo asturiano en el norte de España, aunque no muy extensa, sí es pródiga en accidentes geográficos de gran interés.

Esta formación caliza se extiende por Asturias, Cantabria y Castilla y León y en ella destacan sus alturas, en muchos casos por encima de los 2.500 metros, por lo cerca que se encuentran del mar Cantábrico, pues en su punto más septentrional apenas se distancian 15 kilómetros del mar. Geográficamente los Picos de Europa se encuentran en la línea de la Cordillera Cantábrica, si bien son considerados como una unidad independiente de ésta por su formación más reciente.
Picos de Europa
Picos de Europa
Picos de Europa
Picos de Europa
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o6/48/614948/1/85538994.7ifxSWlv.P1220986.JPG o6/48/614948/1/85543205.Tgh2CktD.P12209081.JPG lake ercina
lake ercina
Picos de Europa - Lake
Picos de Europa - Lake
los picos
los picos
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o6/48/614948/1/85576535.oyUuApfk.P1220934.JPG s.p
s.p
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aconit
aconit
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o6/48/614948/1/85585945.zhu7wvlR.P1230085.JPG o6/48/614948/1/85582995.VGMVvUkS.P1230089.JPG an inhospitable mineral universe...
an inhospitable mineral universe...
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o6/48/614948/1/85601294.pYe0sAHA.P1230223.JPG o6/48/614948/1/85601655.SXSgsXai.P1230229.JPG Picos de Europa
Picos de Europa
Picos de Europa
Picos de Europa
the path to Cain.
the path to Cain.
the brook.
the brook.
a little bit life in this mineral universe.
a little bit life in this mineral universe.
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Pic Uriellu 2519
Pic Uriellu 2519
the path to Cain.
the path to Cain.
o6/48/614948/1/85874019.FIIaxXex.P12305741.JPG
o6/48/614948/1/85659964.BcKkgyv7.P1230436.JPG red roofs.
red roofs.
o6/48/614948/1/85664242.BGWRI5hi.P1230595.JPG
o6/48/614948/1/85696899.tmlaZwgd.P1230448.JPG los picos
los picos
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o6/48/614948/1/85819326.S3AjVA1d.P12304873.JPG colchic?
colchic?
Vegas del Toro
Vegas del Toro
o6/48/614948/1/85705297.WiJ0mdeQ.P1230464.JPG walking in the fog.
walking in the fog.
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the fog comes suddenly.
the fog comes suddenly.
o6/48/614948/1/85911090.4yR9NLUx.P1230594.JPG los picos
los picos
foggy
foggy
Picos de Europa
Picos de Europa
Fuente Dé.
Fuente Dé.
o6/48/614948/1/93319184.GlQlAtU8.P1240319.JPG o6/48/614948/1/93319805.OxX2LWr2.P12301711.JPG la petite chapelle.
la petite chapelle.
Covadonga.
Covadonga.
Covadonga, the church.
Covadonga, the church.
Covadonga.
Covadonga.
Covadonga, the church.
Covadonga, the church.
cangas de Onis
cangas de Onis
cangas de Onis
cangas de Onis
under the bridge.
under the bridge.