Sendero Fuente de las Pilas - Torre de la Plata (Doña Mencía)
near Doña Mencía, Andalucía (España)
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Se accede por la Vía Verde de la Subbética dirección Cabra y a un kilómetro aproximadamente, se inicia a la izquierda un camino ascendente que llega a la conocida “Fuente De Las Pilas” realizada en grandes pilones de caliza con una fuente central en mampostería de gran dimensión. Se continúa por una vereda estrecha hasta llegar a la Torre de la Plata, antigua torre vigía que data de mitad del siglo XIV, y desde donde se divisa una impresionante vista de Doña Mencía.
Posteriormente se desciende, unos 700 metros, por un camino de fuerte desnivel hasta llegar nuevamente a la Vía Verde de la Subbética.
Este Sendero discurre por las estribaciones del Parque Natural de las Sierras Subbéticas.
- Flora autóctona: en las sierras, aparece la arbórea (encinas), arbustiva (retama, gallomba…) y herbáceas (romero, aulaga,…)
- Fauna: insectos, arácnidos, roedores y depredadores carroñeros.
Track Las Pilas Fountain- Silver Tower
Length: 5,5 kilometres
Difficulty level: Medium
Route: Circular
The route is more difficult for the cyclists.
You can access to this place by the Greenway of La Subbética towards Cabra. Located at one kilometre from this place, on the left there is a rising way by which you can get to Las Pilas Fountain. This fountain is made of huge limestone ashlars joined with masonry. If we continue along a narrow path until getting to Silver Tower, we will arrive at an ancient viewing tower, built in the middle of the 14th century. From this tower it is possible to see an astonishing view of Doña Mencía.
Descending 700 metres, there is a way that descends sharply to end at the Greenway of La Subbética.
This track runs along the foothills of mountains of the Natural Park of Las Sierras Subbéticas.
• Indigenous flora of the mountains: The arboreal stratum ( holm oaks), shrub vegetation (broom, gallomba…), herbaceous plants (rosemary, gorse,…)
• Fauna: Insects, arachnids, rodents, predators and vultures,…
Posteriormente se desciende, unos 700 metros, por un camino de fuerte desnivel hasta llegar nuevamente a la Vía Verde de la Subbética.
Este Sendero discurre por las estribaciones del Parque Natural de las Sierras Subbéticas.
- Flora autóctona: en las sierras, aparece la arbórea (encinas), arbustiva (retama, gallomba…) y herbáceas (romero, aulaga,…)
- Fauna: insectos, arácnidos, roedores y depredadores carroñeros.
Track Las Pilas Fountain- Silver Tower
Length: 5,5 kilometres
Difficulty level: Medium
Route: Circular
The route is more difficult for the cyclists.
You can access to this place by the Greenway of La Subbética towards Cabra. Located at one kilometre from this place, on the left there is a rising way by which you can get to Las Pilas Fountain. This fountain is made of huge limestone ashlars joined with masonry. If we continue along a narrow path until getting to Silver Tower, we will arrive at an ancient viewing tower, built in the middle of the 14th century. From this tower it is possible to see an astonishing view of Doña Mencía.
Descending 700 metres, there is a way that descends sharply to end at the Greenway of La Subbética.
This track runs along the foothills of mountains of the Natural Park of Las Sierras Subbéticas.
• Indigenous flora of the mountains: The arboreal stratum ( holm oaks), shrub vegetation (broom, gallomba…), herbaceous plants (rosemary, gorse,…)
• Fauna: Insects, arachnids, rodents, predators and vultures,…
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