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Valvanera footpath
2.8-mile circular footpath (1 hour and 30 minutes).
Mountain holm oak, beech and mixed forest with large maples and ashes, beeches and Scots pines.
- 2 h 30 min
- 4,5 km
Valvanera footpath
- 2 h 30 min
- 4.5 km
The route starts in a small square in front of the new service building of the Valvanera Monastery. Go up the stairs next to the fountain and you will find an informative panel with an aerial photograph of the itinerary, as well as several interesting facts about other footpaths in the area. Start the ascent of the route through the pine forest that coincides for a small stretch with the GR-190, until you cross a gate and reach a large forest house. Here the GR-190 turns right, the Valvanera foo ...
Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Valvanera
The name of the monastery, Valvanera, comes from a Latin expression, “Vallis Venaria” which means " “Valley of the veins of water" since the valley had lots of springs, streams and waterfalls.. The origin of the building of the shrine dates back to the discovery of a 9th-century image of Saint Mary by a repentant thief called Nuño Oñez, according to the “Historia Latina” written by the Abbot of Valvanera, Don Rodrigo de Castroviejo in 1419. It is the Latin translation of a 13th century text ...
