Escandón Pass
The train station at Escandón Pass is one of the highest in the Iberian Peninsula.
Description
This pass has been an important communication line between the mountainous Teruel Province region at the southern end of Aragon and the Sagunto area by the Mediterranean Sea since ancient times. Nowadays highways A-23, N-234, as well as the RENFE Sagunto-Zaragoza Railway line go through the Escandón Pass.
The vegetation of the surrounding mountains is generally sparse, but there are irregular patches of Juniperus thurifera, the Spanish Juniper tree.
History
There are remains of Spanish Civil War trenches in the area of the pass from the time of the Battle of Teruel when there was fierce fighting in the surrounding heights as loyalist forces attacked rebel-held Teruel in December 1937. In recent times wind turbines have been erected upon the crests of the neighboring ranges.
See also
References
- ^ "Puerto de Escandón". Aragonologia. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ Wikiloc; Teruel - Vía Verde - Puerto de Escandon - Trincheras - Via Verde - Cementerio - Teruel
External links
- Media related to Puerto Escandón at Wikimedia Commons