{"id":4847,"date":"2016-10-05T12:15:30","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T10:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bocairent.org\/?page_id=4847"},"modified":"2017-01-12T13:47:56","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T12:47:56","slug":"sierra-mariola","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bocairent.org\/en\/sierra-mariola\/","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Mariola"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A natural park
very rich in flora and fauna<\/h2>\n
With many vestiges of the use of raw materials.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Sierra Mariola was declared a Natural Park on January 8th 2002. With an extension of over 16,000 hectares it stretches out across the counties of the Albaida Valley, the Alcoi\u00e0 and the Comptat, including within its boundaries the towns of Agres, Alcoi, Alfafara, Banyeres de Mariola, Bocairent, Cocentaina and Muro. Noteworthy for the proliferation of its founts, springs and fountains, numerous farmsteads, and an extensive network of paths and trails that give testimony to the intensive use of its natural resources by settlers throughout history: ice workers, shepherds, lumberjacks, etc.<\/p>\n

One of the area’s most important hallmarks is its ice caves, built between the 16th and 20th centuries in order to store ice. Other architechtonic elements such as farmsteads, castles and chapels can also be found.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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FLORA Y FAUNA<\/h1>\n

Su paisaje vegetal, con m\u00e1s de 1.400 plantas catalogadas, es sin duda un magn\u00edfico exponente de biodiversidad de especies con propiedades arom\u00e1ticas y medicinales: salvia, manzanilla, tomillo, rabet de gat, hip\u00e9rico, t\u00e9 de roca… Muchas de estas plantas se utilizan en la elaboraci\u00f3n de bebidas, como condimento culinario, como remedio de infinidad de afecciones, en la elaboraci\u00f3n de perfumes… La mayor parte de la sierra est\u00e1 cubierta de pinos y matorral con brezo, aliagas, jaras, carrascas, tejos…<\/p>\n

La fauna la forman anfibios, reptiles, aves (pinz\u00f3n, perdiz, chamariz, rapaces diurnas como el \u00e1guila real, el halc\u00f3n peregrino, el azor… y nocturnas, como el b\u00faho real, la lechuza, el c\u00e1rabo…) y mam\u00edferos (jabal\u00ed, conejo, gato salvaje, gardu\u00f1a, comadreja, jineta, tej\u00f3n, zorra…). <\/p>\n

Hay que mencionar tambi\u00e9n dos elementos de gran relevancia como es el r\u00edo Vinalop\u00f3, que nace en su interior y el pico del Montcabrer, que es la cima m\u00e1s alta del parque con 1.390 m.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Vinalop\u00f3 and Montcabrer summit<\/h2>\n
Two landmarks<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Two other important aspects to the sierra also need to be mentioned and they are the Vinalop\u00f3 river, which has its source in the sierra, and the summit of the Montcabrer, which is the highest point in the park at 1,390 m.<\/p>\n

See routes<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Video Serra Mariola Foundation<\/h2>\n
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