Monfragüe National Park.
The National Park of Monfragüe is located between Navalmoral de la Mata,
Plasencia and Trujillo, it is one of the most important ornithological nucleus
in Spain. In this amazing enviroment imperial eagles, black vultures, and tawny
vultures fly over the park.

This natural area is 30 km long and 7 km wide,
is a valley crossed by Tagus and Tietar rivers. The municipality of Villarreal
de San Carlos is one of the entrances to the park, moreover there is
an interactive centre to know the species and
vegetable life of Monfragüe. Serradilla, Toril or Torrejón el Rubio
are other towns that surround the area.
The territory the national park occupies is one
of the best well-known natural areas in Extremadura.
The first settlers left cave paintings as a proof of their stay in Monfragüe.
Later on, Romans called the place as Mons Fragorum,
dense mountain. From that momment on different people who have settled here
have adapted the area but respecting the landscape.
The National Park of Monfragüe is a clear
example of Mediterranean forest and thicket; it is placed in Cáceres
province, right in the centre of a triangle formed by Navalmoral
de la Mata, Plasencia and Trujillo

It was declared Natural
Park in 1979, 17.852 hectares reveal one of the most extensive Mediterranean
forest nucleus. Holm oaks and cork oaks
intermingle with rockroses. Strawberry trees,
heathers and mastics intermingle with ashes, willows
and hollies. From cracked quartzite junipers emerge.
In Monfragüe a wide variety of ornithological
species nest. It's the perfect place to practice birdwatching.
Moreover, 280 species
of the most significant animals of Spain inhabit the park. Eastern
imperial eagle, black vulture, black stork,
or iberian lynx stand out, some of them are in
danger of extinction. In particular about 250 black vulture couples nest here,
it is the greatest black vulture reserve in the world.

Water is one of the key elements, Tagus
and Tiétar rivers surround Monfragüe,
and their waters carve in the quartzite rocky outcrops where tawny
vulture colonies settle, and peregrine
falcons, bonelli's eagle
or eurasian eagle-owl
nest.
On the riverside and watercourses live kingfishers,
cormorants, or nightingales,
as well as animals that live in the water such as the otter.
Monfragüe has been recently declared as National Park because
of being a singular unique Spanish biodiversity space. Thus, it belongs to the
Spanish National Parks Network.
The 'green liver' of Extremadura is surrounded by regions, cities
and municipalities like Jerte Valley, Cáceres
and Trujillo

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