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In Pan's footsteps
Some years ago, the people of San Rafael in Segovia saw how the modest clothing and military uniforms of the post war returned to their small town for several weeks. At that time, the young Ofelia escaped through the woods to let her imagination race while hiding from Carmen, her sick mother, and Vidal, her stepfather, a ruthless Francoist captain. There she plunged into the pines to meet Pan, a fantastic creature that led her in a parallel world in which she had to prove her bravery as a princess. These events occurred at the site located in the Sierra de Guadarrama, because this was the place was chosen by the Mexican director, Guillermo del Toro, as the stage for the mov -
The garden collection of the Balearic Islands
Archipelagos are special places. Their isolation in the middle of the water means that in their interior the flora and fauna are distinguished from those living in large continental spaces, forming a very interesting biodiversity for those who understand and plant and animal lovers. The Balearic Islands are no exception. Their particular collection of local flora is at the El Camp d'en Prohom mansion. Built in 1900, since 1985 it has housed the great garden of Majorca and the Balearic Islands. Baptised as the Sóller Botanical Gardens, it is now the largest repository of information, experience and collections of biological diversity on the Mediterranean arc -
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Zoo Aquarium di Madrid
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Marine Eden facing Castellón
On a visit to the Columbretes islands in the summer of 2009, the Valencian writer Manuel Vicent wrote, "In the Columbretes the scorpion is the untouchable king and any tiny creature has all the rights, not only the Eleonora Falcon, the Audouin gull, Cory shearwater, the shag or Iberian lizard, but the mosquito, the housefly and the ant." Vincent describes a disrupted order; flowers and wildlife prevail over human interests. This is the condition of the Columbretes nature park, an archipelago of 10 islets 28 nautical miles from Oropesa del Mar, north of Castellón. Visiting the Columbretes requires special permission from the park visitor centre, located in Castell&oacu -
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Senderismo por España