{"id":342622,"date":"2022-08-12T14:32:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T14:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onisecoturismo.es\/discover\/the-heart-of-the-picos-de-europa\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T13:24:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T12:24:51","slug":"the-heart-of-the-picos-de-europa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.onisecoturismo.es\/en\/discover\/the-heart-of-the-picos-de-europa\/","title":{"rendered":"The heart of the Picos de Europa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(22,34,16,0.36)&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.onisecoturismo.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/picos_europa_cabecera.jpg&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_center&#8221; background_blend=&#8221;darken&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px||100px||false|false&#8221; bottom_divider_style=&#8221;wave2&#8243; bottom_divider_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; 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global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>On\u00eds is part of the Picos de Europa, the highest peaks of Asturias, beautiful limestone mountains that the Marquis of Villaviciosa managed to have declared as the first National Park of the country.<\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Picos de Europa are organized in three massifs and specifically On\u00eds belongs to the so-called <strong>western massif<\/strong> or <strong>El Corni\u00f3n<\/strong>, which is delimited by the rivers Sella and Cares. Its impressive peaks are the second most important after the central massif, it is crowned by the Torre Santa de Castilla (2,596 m) and is home to the famous Covadonga lakes. The highest peak in On\u00eds is the <strong>Pico Verdilluenga<\/strong>, no less than <span>2,129 m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; pac_dcm_carousel_specific_module_num=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][dsm_icon_divider image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.onisecoturismo.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Color-Picos-150&#215;150.png&#8221; alt=&#8221;Picos de Europa Separator&#8221; image_max_width=&#8221;8%&#8221; color=&#8221;#9FB6AF&#8221; image_max_width_tablet=&#8221;9%&#8221; image_max_width_phone=&#8221;15%&#8221; image_max_width_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; height=&#8221;80px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;20px||20px||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;20px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;20px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; child_filter_opacity=&#8221;35%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_icon_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;400.3px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; pac_dcm_carousel_specific_module_num=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.onisecoturismo.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vaca_lapiaz_ruta_majadas.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Cow in the Picos de Europa&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|12px|12px|12px|12px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; pac_dcm_carousel_specific_module_num=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_3_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A landscape uplifted by orogeny and shaped by water<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][dsm_icon_divider use_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; font_icon=&#8221;&#xf6fc;||fa||900&#8243; icon_color=&#8221;#526962&#8243; use_icon_font_size=&#8221;on&#8221; icon_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; color=&#8221;#9FB6AF&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||20px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_icon_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_4_font_size=&#8221;17px&#8221; header_4_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>These imposing mountains of <em>the Picos de Europa<\/em> arose during the <strong>alpine orogeny<\/strong> and were <strong>shaped by glaciers<\/strong>. Subsequent erosion by the action of water continues to act on the rock, due to the currents and <strong>karstic processes<\/strong> of dissolution of the limestone, cracks, lapiaces and <em>jous<\/em> (depressions) are formed.<\/p>\n<p>This is a complex terrain on its surface, but also in its interior, which is furrowed by a complicated <strong>network of subway galleries<\/strong>, through which water circulates.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; pac_dcm_carousel_specific_module_num=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_3_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>High altitude flora and fauna in Los Picos de Europa<br \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][dsm_icon_divider use_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; font_icon=&#8221;&#xf52d;||fa||900&#8243; icon_color=&#8221;#526962&#8243; use_icon_font_size=&#8221;on&#8221; icon_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; color=&#8221;#9FB6AF&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||20px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_icon_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; link_text_color=&#8221;#526962&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>In the high altitudes of the <em>Picos de Europa<\/em> only a few species such as <strong>lichens and small alpine plants,<\/strong> which live in the scarce soil of the crevices, are able to survive. <strong>Golden eagles, vultures, Egyptian vultures and corvids, such as choughs,<\/strong> fly over them. For some years now they have been sharing space with the <strong>bearded vulture<\/strong>, which had disappeared from the Picos de Europa and which is being reintroduced thanks to the work of the Foundation for the Conservation of the Bearded Vulture. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/quebrantahuesos.org\/el-centro-las-montanas-del-quebrantahuesos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foundation for the Conservation of the Bearded Vulture<\/a><\/strong>which has its <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onisecoturismo.es\/descubre\/centro-las-montanas-del-quebrantahuesos\/\">house-museum<\/a><\/strong> in Benia de On\u00eds.<\/p>\n<p>In the routes through these high areas it is common to see <strong>chamois<\/strong>, true tightrope walkers that take advantage of the vegetation that sprouts between the rock and birds of interest, such as alpine sparrows, accentors, rock thrushes, abundant choughs and, the most elusive, <strong>wallcreepers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; 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