Its
buildings and lifestyle continue in its purest tradition of towns and villages
of this region in days gone by. By Cabañeras, the annual migratory trail moving
livestock from the plains into the mountains and back, was once the only means
of communication between the two. You can visit various “pardinas”, the
original herdsman's shelters, which are now almost all obsolete. From the
Sanctuary of San Úrbez, which was a place of pilgrimage enabling people to pray
for the long-awaited rain, a mountain trail runs down to the perfectly
preserved village of Nocito where you can find originally decorated lintels,
family crests, fireplaces and “espantabrujas”, a type of traditional chimney
which, according to local folklore, expels witches. Showing a past life
which was isolated, hard and austere.