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Paisaje Ilustrado of Valdemeca

The Paisaje Ilustrado in Valdemeca is an outdoor exhibition throughout the village: sculptures recreating the traditional activities and customs of the Serranía de Cuenca, such as the work of itinerant tinners. The Natural Park guide highlights it among the protected area's ethnographic resources.

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Valdemeca
  • Valdemeca
  • Sculptures
  • Ethnography
  • Trades
  • Natural Park

A village telling its own story

Valdemeca lies in the valley of its river, within the Natural Park, and sculptures throughout the village recreate life in the past: work in the fields and hills, itinerant trades such as tinners, and the Serranía’s customs. The regional government of Castilla-La Mancha calls it «una exposición al aire libre» (an outdoor exhibition) and includes it, alongside Huélamo castle and the upland tinadas (livestock shelters), among the Park’s ethnographic resources.

It is the memory of trades placed in the street, the same memory recorded in village entries and the atlas’s stories: the memory of the Serranía.

Plan your visit

Before you travel

Explore on foot, with no opening hours. It complements a walk in the hills.

Combine with

The visitor centre and Fuente de la Ardilla.

Frequently asked questions

What is it?

An outdoor sculpture exhibition scattered throughout Valdemeca, recreating traditional activities and customs of the Serranía de Cuenca.

Are there opening hours?

No: the sculptures stand in the streets and can be seen while walking through the village.

Carry on from here

Lands and landscapes

From here, follow the memory of the land

These readings connect Paisaje Ilustrado of Valdemeca with the stories, the work and the villages around it.

Where it is

Location of Paisaje Ilustrado of Valdemeca BeamudCuencaHuélamoHuerta del MarquesadoLaguna del MarquesadoTejadillosValdemecaValdemoro-SierraZafrilla PNSC-S5: Subida al Castillo de HuélamoPNSC-S8: Fuente de La Ardilla-Estepares (Micológico)PR-CU 105: Sendero de la casa de CuraPR-CU 112: Beamud - Molino de Juan RomeroPR-CU 113: Ruta cicloturista de ZafrillaPR-CU 20: Ruta de los CastillosPR-CU 29: Ceñajo de Los Calatrava, Peña Rubia y Las TorcasPR-CU 38: Sendero de los ArroyosPR-CU 7: Ruta del MasegarSendero interpretativo de la laguna del MarquesadoSL-CU 15: Sendero de la Laguna del Marquesado ValdemecaLaguna del MarquesadoHuélamoHuerta del MarquesadoValdemeca Visitor Reception CentreCentenar viewpointFuente de la Ardilla picnic areaHuélamo castleMolino de Juan Romero picnic areaBeamud viewpointFuente de los Pastores picnic areaPaisaje Ilustrado of Huerta del Marquesado
Municipal boundaries: © IGN (CC BY 4.0). Route lines: simplified official tracks; source and GPX on each page. Approximate position (area).

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Reference villages: Valdemeca · Laguna del Marquesado · Huélamo · Huerta del Marquesado.

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Paisaje Ilustrado of Huerta del Marquesado

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