A journey through history by the "old road to Segovia", Fuenfría valley in Cercedilla (Madrid, Spain)

  • Jesús Rodríguez Morales I.E.S. Juan Gris. Móstoles.
  • Manuel García-Rodríguez Departamento de Ciencias Analíticas. Facultad de Ciencias UNED.
Keywords: Roman Road, Valley of the Fuenfría, tafoni, Sierra de Guadarrama National Park.

Abstract

This paper describes the three main ancient roads of the Valley of the Fuenfría in Cercedilla, Madrid, Spain: the official "Roman road", the "old road to Segovia" and the "Bourbon road". Below are described the criteria that make it more likely that the one built in Roman times is the "Old Path to Segovia", climatic, engineering, archaeological, geological and geomorphological.

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Published
2017-11-13
How to Cite
Rodríguez Morales J. y García-Rodríguez M. (2017). A journey through history by the "old road to Segovia", Fuenfría valley in Cercedilla (Madrid, Spain). Observatorio Medioambiental, 20, 227-257. https://doi.org/10.5209/OBMD.57952
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Estudios e investigaciones