The Peña Montañesa ( an, Penya Montanyesa) is a conspicuous rocky mountainous outcrop of the

Pre-Pyrenees The Pre-Pyrenees are the foothills of the Pyrenees. Description As a mountainous system the Pre-Pyrenees are part of the Pyrenees. They run parallel to the main mountain range in a west to east direction. On the French side the Pyrenees's slop ...

. It is located east of the valley of the Cinca, in the

Sobrarbe Sobrarbe is one of the comarcas of Aragon, Spain. It is located in the northern part of the province of Huesca, part of the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain. Many of its people speak the Aragonese language locally known as ''fabla''. Th ...

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, Aragon,

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. The ridge's highest summit is 2295 m high. The village of Laspuña is located at the feet of the mountain. The summits on the mountain offer excellent views of some of the main peaks of the

Pyrenees The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to ...

in the north. The Peña Montañesa was one of the strongholds of

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an resistance against invading troops supporting

General Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 193 ...

during the Bolsa de Bielsa episode.La Bolsa de Bielsa, último reducto defensivo del Ejército Republicano en la provincia de Huesca
/ref> The ruins of the Real Monasterio de San Victorián are located in El Pueyo de Araguás, at the foot of the Peña Montañesa.

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Ruta de Puntos de Interés Geológico - Turismo Sobrarbe; NaturalezaItinerario Geológico - Geoparque de Sobrarbe
Mountains of Aragon Pre-Pyrenees Two-thousanders of Spain {{Aragon-geo-stub

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