Montes de León

Relief map of the province of León with the Montes de León in the southwest

Teleno

Vizcodillo

The Montes de León are a mountain range in the west of the Spanish provinces of León and Zamora in the autonomous region of Castile-León . They form a south-western foothill of the Cantabrian Mountains and, together with them, enclose the Valle del Bierzo with the center of Ponferrada, which is only 500 meters high . The mountains reach their greatest height with the 2188 meter high Pico de Teleno , but about ten other peaks have heights of over 2000 meters - including the 2121 meter high Vizcodillo .

Subdivision

The Montes de León are divided into various smaller mountain ranges, e.g. B. the Montes Aquilanos , the Sierra Segundera , the Sierra de la Cabrera , the Sierra de la Culebra , the Sierra Gamoneda , the Sierra del Teleno or the Macizo de Trevinca .

Rivers

The most important rivers in the northwest of the Montes de León are the Río Sil and the Río Bibey ; on the east side, for example, the Río Eria , the Río Duerna , the Río Codes or the Río Jamuz arise ; the main river in the south of the mountains is the Río Tera . The rivers on the west side of the mountains drain over the Río Sil and the Río Miño into the Atlantic Ocean , those in the south and east over the Duero also into the Atlantic Ocean.

places

Peñalba de Santiago

Lucillo - old house in the hamlet of Pobladura de la Sierra

The Montes de León are only sparsely populated; On the edges of the mountain massif there are several places worth seeing with houses and churches made of quarry stone - some belong to the Comarca Maragatería :

• Peñalba de Santiago
• Montes de Valdueza
• Lucillo
• Luyego
• Truchas
• Castrillo de Cabrera
• Puebla de Sanabria

tourism

All peaks of the Montes de León can be climbed on hiking and trekking tours all year round. In many places holiday apartments ( casas rurales ) are rented.

Attractions

Apart from the diverse landscape impressions , the Mozarabic church of Santiago de Peñalba, founded at the beginning of the 10th century, with its horseshoe arches is extremely remarkable.

Web links

• Montes de León - Quick facts (Spanish)

Remarks

1. ↑ The altitude information differs slightly from one another in the various sources.

Coordinates: 42 ° 16 ′  N , 6 ° 35 ′  W