Alcalá del Valle
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Monuments and sights

  • Iglesia de Santa María del Valle
  • Ermita del Cristo de la Misericordia
  • Grupo dolménico de la Dehesa del Tomillo
  • Cortijo de La Cacería
  • Fuente Grande
  • Monasterio de Caños Santos

Celebrations

  • Semana Santa
  • Romería de la Virgen del Valle
  • Romería de San Isidro Labrador
  • Feria y Fiestas de San Roque
  • Procesión de la Virgen del Valle
  • Carnavales

Flora

  • Oak
    Oak
    An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 600 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...

  • Portuguese Oak
    Portuguese Oak
    Quercus faginea, the Portuguese Oak, is a species of oak native to the western Mediterranean region in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. Similar trees in the Atlas Mountains of northwest Africa are usually included in this species, or sometimes treated as a distinct species Quercus...

  • Cistaceae
    Cistaceae
    The Cistaceae is a small family of plants known for its beautiful shrubs, which are profusely covered by flowers at the time of blossom...

  • Spanish Broom
    Spanish Broom
    Spartium junceum , known as Spanish Broom or Weaver's Broom, is a perennial, leguminous shrub native to the Mediterranean region in southern Europe, southwest Asia and northwest Africa, where it is found in sunny sites, usually on dry, sandy soils...

  • Asparagus
    Asparagus
    Asparagus officinalis is a spring vegetable, a flowering perennialplant species in the genus Asparagus. It was once classified in the lily family, like its Allium cousins, onions and garlic, but the Liliaceae have been split and the onion-like plants are now in the family Amaryllidaceae and...

  • Daphne
    Daphne (plant)
    Daphne is a genus of between 50 and 95 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to Asia, Europe, and north Africa...



Fauna

  • Common Swift
    Common Swift
    The Common Swift is a small bird, superficially similar to the Barn Swallow or House Martin. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes...

  • Great Tit
    Great Tit
    The Great Tit is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central and Northern Asia, and parts of North Africa in any sort of woodland. It is generally resident, and most Great Tits do not migrate except in extremely...

  • Blue Tit
    Blue Tit
    The Blue Tit is a 10.5 to 12 cm long passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout temperate and subarctic Europe and western Asia in deciduous or mixed woodlands...

  • Bonelli's Eagle
    Bonelli's Eagle
    The Bonelli's Eagle is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.It breeds in southern Europe, Africa both north and south of the Sahara Desert and across southern Asia to Indonesia...

  • Griffon Vulture
    Griffon Vulture
    The Griffon Vulture is a large Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae.The Griffon Vulture is long with a wingspan. In the nominate race the males weigh and females typically weigh , while in the Indian subspecies the vultures average...




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