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This region, antique Roman site, crossed by the most important cultural route of
Europe: "El Camino de Santiago", is known by the intense muleteer activity from the 16th century to the 19th
century. A good part of the marvellous architecture and customs come from these
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 The hermitage of the virgin of the Remedios, in Luyego, mother of the Maragatería. |
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| There are plenty of roman gold mines in this area. Actually, you may visit two different kinds of roman
explotation: "arrugiae"( like at Duerna and Llamas river banks) and "ruina
montium" (Iike Fucochico). Many roman ruins can be seen at Luyego neighbourhood : "Luyego
Crown", "Quintanilla Crown" and "Huernia Populated". As silent witness of the muleteer past, we can appreciate the houses. The maragata house is organise around a central patio;
across this patio you´ve got access to the kitchen, the stables, and the barns. The
rooms are usually on the second floor. A big door connects the patio
to the street.
You can see a lot of maragata buildings, specially at Quintanilla de Somoza, Villalibre, Castrillo de
los Polvazares and Santiago Millas.
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Maragato typical suit |
In the south of Luyego de Somoza the Teleno mountain rises up. This mythical mountain, reference of the entire Maragateria, is another starting point to the traveller . Many streams flow through the trees into the gold river: the Duerna. This river of pure and clear water hides many trouts and shelters in its bank a great variety of animals. |
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