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The Route of the Faces
DiscoverPlaces to seeNatural MonumentsSpainCastile-La ManchaCuencaAlcarriaBuendía
The Route of the Faces
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JavierCR 🇪🇸
November 29, 2024
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Free access tourist route located near the municipality of Buendía, Cuenca, among pine forests, sandstone stones abound. Here you will find the Ruta de las Caras, a hiking route of a couple of kilometers in which you will be accompanied by pine trees and allegorical sculptures.
Faces sculpted in sandstone rock of different sizes, some spectacular, with dimensions of four and six meters, which took eight years to sculpt due to the hardness of the rock.
Faces sculpted in sandstone rock of different sizes, some spectacular, with dimensions of four and six meters, which took eight years to sculpt due to the hardness of the rock.
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Datsusara Outdoors
January 19, 2023
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It is a thematic route that will surprise you not only because of the sculptures that you will see along the entire route, but also because of the beautiful views of the Buendía reservoir. Some of the faces carved into the rock are up to 4 meters in size and the largest ones took almost 8 years to complete.
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