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PROJECT: DISCOVER OUR HOMETOWN
FOREIGN LANGUAGE AREA - ENGLISH
Blog posts: 1ºESO students
Promotional video: 2ºESO students
The ESO students of CEIP San Agustín, in El Burgo, have been working this term on the design of a blog to promote their village to foreigners.
To do this, they have worked in groups and have researched about different areas of their environment creating the following blog posts. We hope you like them and we encourage you to visit us.
ARE YOU READY TO DISCOVER "EL BURGO"?
THE TURON RIVER
PATH OS THE TURON RIVER
ALL OF THE TURON RIVER
ALL OF THE TURON RIVER
The Turon river is located in El Burgo, Málaga. This river is born in Sierra de las Nieves and flows to the Swamp of Ardales. It is 8.3 km long. The Turon river is very important because there are a lot of vegetation and animals. It is the purest river of Andalucía.
There is a beautiful path next to this river. In this path there are many trees and during a piece you go for a canal until the first “dique” of the Turon river.You can bath in most parts of this river, we like it a lot in summer.
You can enjoy nature and there are a lot of fish. Some pools that we can find in the Turon river are: “Dique, Largo, Requena, Nacimiento or Hierbabuena.” All these are found near El Burgo.
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EL DIQUE
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THE "DIQUE" OF EL BURGO
THE "DIQUE" OF EL BURGO
The Dique of El Burgo (Málaga) is a place of the National park of Sierra de la Nieves.
At the begining of the XX century there was a big storm and the Turón river overflooed and there was a big flood. To prevent the Turón river overflowing again, the people of El Burgo build a dam known as El Dique.
The Dique is 5 meters below the water and 5 meter above the water.
There are otters (nutrias) and tawny buzzards (buitres leonados).
In summer yoy can go to the Dique to swim in it and jump to the water from the rocks and the wall.
The dique is near the Largo, a part of the Turón River. You can swim in it and ride a kayak in summer.
It is said that his story is about a ranger who is showing a child some of the characteristic places of El Burgo
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J.A.M.M.
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"El Mirador" of El Burgo
"El Mirador" of El Burgo
This monument was made to commemorate the first centenary of the forest ranger corps, in 1977. The statue represents a forest ranger who takes a child into the beauty of these lands, symbolizing the legacy that must be left to future generations.
If you wonder where it is, The viewpoint is located within the Sierra de las Nieves Natural Park, in the town of El Burgo.
You can see valuable masses of fir, pine, holm oak and cork oak. They correspond to the Yunquera mountain, the Cubero fir and the Ronda fir.
PASOS LARGOS MONUMENT
Place: El Burgo
Location: Next to Roundabout
"PASOS LARGOS" MONUMENT
"PASOS LARGOS" MONUMENT
He was an Andalusian bandit, considered the last to act in the "Serranía de Ronda".
His official name was Juan Mingolla Gallardo.
One day, he stole a gun. The police found his location and they killed him.
There are some monuments in El Burgo about him. For example, one of them is located next to the roundabout, at the entrance of the village. You can also sit and take a relaxing walk along the park.
You can see it in the picture.
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MONUMENT OF JULIO BENÍTEZ
His name is Julio Benitez, he is known as Comandante Benitez. It has a monument in the El Burgo (plaza de abajo) many festivals are celebrated in the plaza de abajo, such as Judas…
They made that monument for him since in El Burgo.
His old house is located on Calle Real.
In the real Calle Real there are many bars and many shops.
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