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What works are inspired by nature?
What works are inspired by nature?
Extremadura is a unique natural place with different types of landscapes that give rise to totally immersive areas in which writers are inspired and compose their works.
One of the symbols of our natural heritage is the dehesa. A forest of holm oak, cork oak and other trees that make for an ecological paradise of close to one million hectares and one of the best conserved ecosystems in Europe.
Valle del Jerte
Valle del Jerte
The north of Extremadura is famous for the flowering of cherry trees in spring; an incredible show of more than two million trees that paint the slopes of the valley white.
Following a centuries-old family tradition, the cherries are handcrafted in terraces carved in the high mountains of the Valley, among crystalline springs and pure air. Only in such a unique environment, with a privileged microclimate, can the best cherries in Spain be grown.
Cherry blossom
Cerezo en flor
Mario Lourtau born in Cáceres, has a degree in English Philology and published four books of poetry: "Donde Gravita el Hombre", finalist of the XXIII Gerardo Diego Award for novels; "Catálogo de Deudores"; "Quince Días de Fuego", secondary award of the Adonáis Prize, and recently, "La Mirada del Cóndor". His poems have been awarded in several literary competitions such as the Adonáis Prize, "Ruta de la Plata", Pórticvs, etc. He also has poems and stories in various national and international anthologies such as, "Al abrigo del aire", "Antología de la poesía y el relato"etc. In the book "Quince días de fuego" he dedicates some poems to his home, Extremadura, as in the poem "Invierno en los cerezos" that takes us into the landscapes of the Valle del Jerte through the contemplation of nature. A land that seeks harmony between its people and the meekness of its winters, between the words and the warmth of its sunsets.
Canchos de Ramiro
Canchos de Ramiro
Los Canchos de Ramiro is a Special Conservation Zone of Extremadura (ZEC) located in the Spanish province of Cáceres. The entire San Pablo mountain range is considered as a ""ZEPA"(Special Protection Area for Birds). Together with "Cachorrilla" and the "Aceña del tío Jeromo" they form an area of the 170 ZEPA zones of Spain and the 650 of all Europe. In the Canchos two tributaries join the Tagus: its longest tributary, the Alagón River, and the Árrago.
Eugenio Fuentes Pulido was born in Montehermoso in 1958 and is a Spanish novelist with a degree in Hispanic Philology.
From his work, they highlight the thoroughness of the psychological portraits of his characters, the control of the tempo of the criminal intrigue and the critique of the social reality, for which he has become a referent of the current Spanish crime novel, internationally recognized with translations of some of his novels into twelve languages.
In the essay genre, his book La hoguera de los inocentes is a treatise on the resistance of literature to historical barbarism through the analysis of ordeals, from the Middle Ages to its present persistence under the masks of modernity. Source.
Canchos de Ramiro is a prose text written by Eugenio Fuentes, dedicated to a natural setting in Extremadura. At first he talks about Extremadura in general, commenting on its changes in the climate like the landscape, then he talks about how these landscapes merge into one as rock and humus do. Finally he tells us about the Canchos, that despite being in a hidden place, it is still a spectacular location full of life and harmony.
Park of the island, Plasencia
Park of the island, Plasencia
It is one of the main green areas of the city. Although it is widely used throughout the year it is mostly summer when it is taken by placentines. This park has about 10 hectares of extension and gives for all sport, leisure, talk and above all freshness and history. This is the first public park in Spain, declared by King Philip V of Anjou as a green space because it was his favorite hunting place in the city.
Its natural pool of almost 4 kilometers between the new bridge and the bridge of the island stands out. The entire small river is encemented and has ramps for your bathroom access. The water comes from the Jerte River, which reaches from the Gredos Range through the Jerte Valley. Source.
Juan Ramon Santos born in Plasencia in 1975 is author of the novels Biblia apócrifa de Aracia and El tesoro de la isla, two books of poetry, Cicerone and Aire de familia, and of the books of short stories, El círculo de Viena , Cuaderno escolar, Palabras menores and Perder el tiempo, and he has participated in various anthologies and collective books like Relatos relámpago.
Juan Ramon wrote a poem called La isla which refers to this wonderful place. He says that today many people use the park for sports and in the early eighties there was a series of equipment designed for physical exercise then known as "Colacao circuit". The park of yesterday and today, the apparatuses of yesterday and today and the roles of yesterday and today are used by the author as an excuse to reflect on the passage of time.
Monfragüe
Monfragüe
Monfragüe is located approximately in the centre of the province of Cáceres, in the triangle that would form the well-known cities of Plasencia, Trujillo and Cáceres. Its axis is the Tagus River, which passes through gentle mountains surrounded by extensive pastures.
Monfragüe, with 18,396 hectares, was the first protected area in Extremadura. It was declared a Natural Park on April 4, 1979, after several years of struggle to prevent eucalyptus plantations from razing and eliminating the native scrub and forest, habitat for a large number of endangered fauna.
Since its declaration as a protected space until today, Monfragüe has been consolidated as a true sanctuary for bird watching. Every year, thousands of tourists come to the area to enjoy the flight of black storks, vultures, vultures or the rare imperial eagle. From its public use area, a privileged area, you can enjoy not only endangered fauna but also incomparable landscapes and vegetation. Source.
Pilar Alcántara is a writer from Cáceres who refers to Extremadura in almost all her works. She writes poems dedicated to children as she is a teacher of a nursery school and is dedicated to working with them with very good methods that make teaching a way to have fun.
She has left us a poem from her last book, El Planeta feliz y la Naturaletra which is called "La Familia Zancuda" from which we have left the first chapter "El nido". In that chapter he speaks of a pair of black storks who establish their nest in Monfragüe to form their family.
Nest of black storks in Monfragüe
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