Los Barruecos is a natural monument ( es, ) in Malpartida de Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. It is located in the municipality of Malpartida de Cáceres, south of the urban centre. The area features granitic formations with landscape interest, together with artificial

pond A pond is an area filled with water, either natural or artificial, that is smaller than a lake. Defining them to be less than in area, less than deep, and with less than 30% emergent vegetation helps in distinguishing their ecology from th ...

s, used in the past as wool washers. It houses colonies of

white stork The white stork (''Ciconia ciconia'') is a large bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on the bird's wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average from beak tip to en ...

s as well as

cormorant Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed, but in 2021 the IOC adopted a consensus taxonomy of seven ge ...

grebe Grebes () are aquatic diving birds in the order Podicipediformes . Grebes are widely distributed freshwater birds, with some species also found in marine habitats during migration and winter. Some flightless species exist as well, most notably ...

s and black-winged stilts. The area also features a number of archaeological remains, such as

rock art In archaeology, rock art is human-made markings placed on natural surfaces, typically vertical stone surfaces. A high proportion of surviving historic and prehistoric rock art is found in caves or partly enclosed rock shelters; this type also ...

in granite shelters and anthropomorphic tombs carved in granite. The Vostell Malpartida museum of contemporary art is also located in the area. The Junta of Extremadura declared the landscape as natural monument in 1996.: ''

Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...

episode "The Spoils of War" was shot in Los Barruecos. File:Galapagos en Los Barruecos.jpg, Spanish pond turtles resting on the granite rocks File:Lavadero de los Barruecos Malpartida de Caceres 4 - Luis Pita.jpg, Stork nests File:Grabados rupestres en Los Barruecos (Malpartida de Cáceres).jpg, Rock art carvings

References

Natural monuments of Spain Protected areas of Extremadura Geography of the Province of Cáceres {{Extremadura-geo-stub