The second Jordan of KDD in the Land of No, organized by Foroware, Outdoors & Technology, This Sunday, March 21, 2010, ran in The Maestrazgo Teruel, particularly between the towns of Castellote, where we established our property and the neighboring town of Molinos, which would visit the famous Crystal Caves.
For some, the morning began very early to not miss the unique opportunity of two enclaves in the town of Castellote.
One of these sites is the castle that presides over the heights of the town. Castellote Castle is a fortress strategically situated on a steep rocky escarpment, which dominates the town, taking a prominent role during the Middle Ages and more recently in the Wars Carlist, which accounted for much of the state of ruin that is today.
can be accessed by a steep cobblestone path that after 20 or 30 minute walk will leave at the Castle, enjoying sweeping views of the environment Castellote, Santolan reservoir and in general, the entire region.
Another unique environment Castellote sites, is found between the high cliffs where stands the stunning Chapel of the Llovedor, dating from the eighteenth century.
The wall houses the Hermitage rehmannia plenty of water for a series of cracks in the rock where vegetation has proliferated, resulting in the water, the flow between these mosses and algae, fall as much like the rain, taking hence its name.
Not surprisingly in this shrine is venerated image of La Virgen del Agua and an unusual procession takes place on May 1 in which only involves the local men.
At 11:00 h in the morning we had an appointment the whole group to visit the famous Crystal Caves, at a place called "Las Graderas", 3km from the small town of Molinos.
So, once we meet promptly all attendees, even with good taste that we had in store the day before, took the opportunity to take a group photo to serve as a reminder of our journey through the area.
And immediately lined the steep stairs that would give us access to the entrance to the Crystal Caves, where we visited a small walking tour its beautiful galleries.
The uniqueness of these caves lies in the large eccentric stalactites development, characterized by growing in all directions in space, defying even the laws of gravity. In fact, geologists have not yet found scientific explanation explain these formations.
Another feature of these caves is the discovery inside the remains of the jaw called Man of Mills, the oldest human found in Aragon, dating from around 25,000 years.
And with a visit to Crystal Caves we close the event, some took the opportunity to visit the nearby town of mills and enjoy the picturesque narrow streets, the impressive gorge of St. Nicholas, which stood a castle calatravo, now practically disappeared, and the parish church dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows, Gothic fifteenth century historic-artistic monument of national character.
With a great taste we parted, and we are located, of course, to meet again next year in another corner of our country where you can spend a few moments, at least as good as we were able to share in this edition.